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Technology Stocks : METRICOM - Wireless Data Communications -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lewis Edinburg who wrote (561)	12/11/1997 4:57:00 PM
From: Chip Anderson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3376

Your experience with throughput is very different from mine. As I am typing this, I am watching the TWA 800 hearings on the CNN site with full-motion video (slightly jerky) and full audio (no breaks at all) all via my Ricochet SE! When I upload or download files via FTP, I get anywhere from 2.9 to 3.8 KBps - usually better than my 33.6 phone modem. I understand that throughput depends on many factors including distance to transmitter, number of other users on that transmitter, and number of "hops" from that transmitter to a transmitter that is directly connected to the internet. I know that if you are experiencing poor throughput and you complain to MCOM, they will send someone out to check out the transmitters in your area and possibly add another one to help. Chip Wireless in Seattle via Ricochet

To: Lewis Edinburg who wrote (561)	12/12/1997 1:55:00 PM
From: Tim Kenney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3376

>When their 128K service starts in a year I think they will be a real winner.< Are you sure that we should not replace "when" with "if". We should not be too quick to believe that which is said by corporate darlings. By the new millenium after a severe stock market correction when false hopes inspired by options grubbing corporate execs give way to reality, corporate execs will rate right up there on the honesty scale with politicians and journalists.