>> Ricochet... The basic model rental price is right, and they offer flat-rate >> internet service @ 29.95/mo. Great, except that the coverage is limited as >> of now. > >Where they have service, it's great. I use one in the SF Bay Area all of >the time with good success. There are some places where either the net or >the reception is worse than others and thus transfer rates are low, but >the packets still get through. Yeah, I've heard nothing but good reports about Ricochet from people in DC and SF, haven't heard much from Seattle. Do you (or does anyone else) know what the situation is with the covered airports? Is there a proprietary login that has to be used in those locations? The website suggests not, but is pretty vague. And what about the universities? Do you have to have a university-supplied account, or can you stop by as an outsider and hook up? If it is in fact possible to use the ricochet at these airports and universities, the ricochet coverage extends to every region of the country (pretty much). The Univ of Mass was at one time looking at getting a Ricochet tower, but dropped it in favor of campus-wide ethernet. At the time, I got a fairly extensive batch of knowledge about the technology (as I am part of the "Wiring Project" here), but even then, I never saw mention of the above "outsider" situation. >> Amateur (packet) radio... > >If you're conducting anything business oriented via email, you cannot use >packet as it is part of the amateur service. This is no problem...In my case, at least, it's all personal, and is fine under the amateur regulations as far as I can read.
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