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

To: david waitt who wrote (642)	3/17/1998 5:51:00 PM
From: Preston Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3376

I was wondering what sort of initial cost is needed for Metricom to blow into a big city and set up their infrastructure. Seeing that they may be targeting Southern California, I am interested to see what the cost is and the amount of subscribers needed per region in order to break even. Any thoughts? I am also curious as to how many transmitters are needed per city. One on every streetlight?

To: david waitt who wrote (642)	3/18/1998 12:14:00 PM
From: Trey Yon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3376

FYI Motorola upgrades FLEX protocol <geez, here's a real company, with a REAL subscriber base, inching ever closer to MCOM's turf> "Developed in response to growing demand for innovative applications that use the FLEX protocol, this latest upgrade enables the paging industry to enter new markets and capture higher revenues with enhanced wireless information services. ... ... enabling integrated access to Internet content and wireless e-mail services. Enhanced wireless information services such as these are expected to grow this market eight-fold by the year 2000, according to industry analyst firm The Yankee Group.." more: biz.yahoo.com