Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 14:02:52 -0800 (PST) From: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@pinpt.com> Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ricochet modem by Metricom Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95.961105140145.13095c-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Chameleon.847222561.List@journeyman.pinpt.com>
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On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Sean J. Schluntz wrote: > > > > 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. Hmmm, not according to what I understand. The modems are 100kBps for the data xfer but their network goes out of a T1. Vince GaiaNet Corporation - Unix Networking Operations - GUS Mailing Lists Admin
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