From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Nov 6 09:28:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA05612 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 09:28:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from dns.pinpt.com (dns.pinpt.com [205.179.195.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA05600 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 09:28:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from journeyman.pinpt.com (gatemaster.pinpt.com [205.179.195.65]) by dns.pinpt.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA14817; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 09:29:15 -0800 Date: Wed, 6 Nov 96 09:20:34 Pacific Standard Time From: "Sean J. Schluntz" Subject: Re: Ricochet modem by Metricom To: "Sean J. Schluntz" , Veggy Vinny Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu X-Mailer: Chameleon ATX 6.0, Standards Based IntraNet Solutions, NetManage Inc. X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Hmmm, not according to what I understand. The modems are 100kBps > > > for the data xfer but their network goes out of a T1. > > > > Now this is only what I understand from what the tech over at Metrocom > > told me and the paperwork I got on it before I signed up but: > > Once again, this is just from the info a friend and I were able to get > > out of their techs when we called about speed problems. > From what they told me, both tech support and also the UC Berkeley > on campus demonstration, it's the modem has a raw data rate of 100kBps but > the modem does about 28.8k performance. Then each small group of > receivers connect to Metricom on a T1 then the Metricom connection to the > net via AlterNet/UUNet is what I don't know... I'm in Chinatown San > Francisco and I get about 36kBps throughput... Their techs aren't very > informative it seems about their service. Hmm, I think I'm going to look into it again. Thanks for the info, I think it's time to find the white paper on the project. *g* (36kbps? Man, maby I should move out there! *g*) -Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean J. Schluntz 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: 11/06/96 09:20:35 ----------------------------------------------------------------------