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IP: Ricochet Going Dark -- not confirmed Will track
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 13:06:09 -0400
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 09:58:52 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ole J. Jacobsen" <ole () cisco com> To: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: For IP: Ricochet Going Dark Found this on www.Go2Mac.com: "Metricom's Ricochet Network Going Dark Thu, 02 Aug 2001, 10:40 In one of the biggest tragedies in the technology sector the Ricochet wireless network will be going dark before the end of the month according to a source. Employees were terminated with no notice and offered one week's pay as severance. We will be posting more details soon." This is indeed sad news, but I am sure users of the service can offer a number of suggestions as to why this happened, including the fact that once you signed up for service you NEVER heard from the company again. They would simply charge your credit card once again. No updates, no newsletters, no bills or statements, not even an attempt to sell you their updgraded (128k) service. Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher The Internet Protocol Journal Office of the CTO, Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 GSM: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole () cisco com URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj
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