IP: Ricochet Going Dark -- not confirmed Will track

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> 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
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