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To: riposte who wrote (25575)	10/17/2000 11:03:49 AM
From: Duffeck	Respond to of 42804

<<Metricom is doing just that.>> Streetlight & Utility poles. Sounds like an urban or suburban solution. Not the same as POWER towers in the boonies. 128Kbps not exactly wideband. But I get your point at least the similarity is that they are hanging transmitters on utility poles. "No infrastructure investment - low impact Greater demand for Internet access, fax lines, and additional phone service has placed a significant burden on existing phone capacity in most communities nationwide. And these new technologies typically involve a significant investment in infrastructure to increase bandwidth. With the Ricochet network, there's no cost to your community. We simply install small radio transceivers on streetlight and utility poles. These shoebox-sized radios have low visual or environmental impact. It's the fastest, easiest way to increase available bandwidth for data services - without trenching or cabling." "In the summer of 2000, we will begin delivering the new higher-speed Ricochet 128 kbps, expanding from the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington D.C." metricom.com duff