Date: Tue, 5 Nov 96 11:23:40 Pacific Standard Time From: "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@pinpt.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ricochet modem by Metricom Message-ID: <Chameleon.847222561.List@journeyman.pinpt.com> References: <Pine.PTX.3.95.961101203143.20230J-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
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> > > Oh okay, had you actually seen any of their antennas before? > > > > Yes. They are all over campus. Little black boxes on the roof. :) > > And we have a repeater outside my dorm here: a little white box with > > antenna hanging down attached to the light pole. > > The new phase modems have a larger antenna too which really helps > > connectivity. > > I wonder if the Ricochet modems will be faster later on since the > modem can do up to 100kBps but if you're on the campus and only see 28.8k > then their claim isn't true. According to the info I have on my Ricochet moden their _network_ is 100kbps, not the modems. So it is easy to get low speeds in an area where there are lots of modems sharing the same 100kbps channel. -Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean J. Schluntz <schluntz@pinpt.com> Manager, Support Services ph. 408.997.6900 x222 PinPoint Software Corporation fx. 408.323.2300 6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 100 San Jose, CA. 95120 http://www.pinpt.com/ Local Time Sent: 11/05/96 11:23:41 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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