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To: deeno who wrote (2852)	9/30/1998 12:50:00 PM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Sounds like Metricom, MCOM, or a nascent competitor of theirs. The problem with it is the same problem of all wireless. The advantage is nearness of local receiver, but the unit on the pole still has to receive a downlink which has all the problems of other wireless. The sun flares and you have lost bits or it rains and you have re-send delays. I won't go into all the problems Escondido will have with this poor attempt to grab 5 cents.

To: deeno who wrote (2852)	10/1/1998 3:52:00 AM
From: Scott Moore	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Let me take a wild guess, and say Escondito must be a municipal utility company, also. Otherwise, the MCOM contract would be with LA P&W, old So. Cal Ed./Gas Co. or San Diego P&L. Power poles not light poles have been the MCOM choice in the bay area. Anyway, the MCOM rollout is plugging along in the Bay area from what I can discern. I'm still holding my opinion, to see if they can get the 110k Ricohcet running. It seems the 28k is running OK right now. 5% of revenue? I haven't heard of them giving this out before.