Word: metricom
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...than the data and voice streams that existing wireless networks were designed to handle. "The ability to send that much data over wireless lines is up in the air," notes consumer electronics analyst Jay Srivatsa of Gartner Group Dataquest. Higher-speed networks, such as the 128-kbps Ricochet from Metricom now being tested and the 384K TDMA network due out next summer, could help resolve some of these issues...
...METRICOM RICOCHET $220, plus $60 to $100 a month; available in August Cruising at 128 Kbps, the Ricochet network will turbo-charge the wireless...
...wireless industry insists progress is being made on all fronts. Service and screens are improving, it says. And wireless broadband is coming. Metricom, a company providing wireless modem connections to users in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, will be rolling out high-speed wireless by the end of the year. It is expected to take service to 120K or higher. And the industry says mobile 384K wireless (as fast as a high-speed DSL connection) should be available...