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Ricochet (Internet service) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In July 2001, however, Ricochet's owner, Metricom, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and shut down its service. Like many companies during the dot-com boom, Metricom had spent more ...
Automatic vehicle location - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The system may have been marketed under the Motorola model name Metricom. It consisted of an LF LORAN receiver and data interface box/modem connected to a separate two-way radio.
Ham Radio Online - Metricom's Ricochet Packet Radio Network
Technology Review Metricom's Ricochet Packet Radio Network This page uses the background music feature of Internet Explorer. Metricom, Inc., operates a low cost, high performance ...
Metricom weaving a wireless web
If Metricom has its way, the nation's telephone poles will soon sport small ... Metricom Inc. ... Metricom representatives have been crisscrossing the country ...
metricom | The New Voice in Communications
Metricom's telecommunications services enable true mobile office solutions ... Metricom is a national provider of municipal wireless services to business ...
Behind the Metricom meltdown
Editor's note: This article is from the August 1, 2001, issue of Red Herring magazine. On July 2, after the issue went to press, Metricom announced it had filed for Chapter 11 ...
Stuart's Metricom Page
Stuart's comments on Metricom 's spread-spectrum packet radio tranceivers Note: I have no commercial connection with Metricom, other than as a user of their devices.
Metricom's Hot Air - Forbes.com
Metricom is leading the charge for selling fast wireless Internet service. ... End users attach a Metricom modem to the back of their laptops and access e-mail, ...
Metricom modems support in Linux
Metricom modems support in Linux 1. Introduction. Metricom produces 900 MHz wireless modems (actually packet radios) that can communicate with each other, IP gateways and phone ...
Metricom
Metricom Driver Page. AT Command Sets: N/A. Related Purchases from Shop.ModemHelp.Net: ... Metricom Ricochet. AT&C1&K1. Metricom Wireless 9600. AT&F&C1&D2 ...
Metricom to close Ricochet - CNET News
The company will shut down its pioneering Ricochet wireless Internet service next week because it has failed to find a buyer for the company. A CNET article by Ben Charny, Staff ...
Metricom assets sold for $8.25 million - CNET News
The remnants of the company's $1 billion high-speed wireless network is sold to Aerie Networks. ... WorldCom, Metricom's largest creditor, claims it is owed ...
Metricom files for bankruptcy protection - CNET News
Metricom, the maker of the Ricochet wireless Internet service, files for ... Metricom is considered a trailblazer in the industry, having signed up well ...
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