ADVISORY/More NIFs Installed.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY... LOS GATOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2000 Metricom, Inc. (Nasdaq:MCOM MCom Master of Commerce (degree) MCOM Marketing Communications MCOM Mobile Commerce ) today advises that Network Interface Facilities (NIFs) are now built in the following markets: Boston, Denver, Detroit, and Miami. These four service areas join the following list of NIF-installed markets: Atlanta, Dallas, Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay , Seattle, San Diego, and Washington DC. NIFs are located approximately one per service area and serve to connect the traffic from the local Wired Access Points (WAPs) to partner networks and the Internet. NIFs are also connected to Metricom's Network Operations Center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. (NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) for network monitoring purposes. Ricochet A wireless Internet service from Ricochet Networks, Inc., Denver, CO (www.ricochet.net). Originally developed by Los Gatos, CA-based Metricom, Inc., Ricochet was the first high-speed, wireless Internet service for commuters. Advisories are intended to update the industry regarding Metricom's progress toward delivering on the promise of high-speed mobile wireless access. About Ricochet At performance levels rivaling wired connections, Ricochet provides mobile wireless access to corporate networks and the Internet at speeds of 128 kbps and higher, with flat-rate pricing, always on connections, and full access to all things Web. Available through Authorized Service Providers, Ricochet sets you free from the office. About Metricom Metricom, Inc. is a leading provider of mobile data networking and technology. With its high-speed Ricochet mobile access, Metricom is making "information anytime" possible - at home, at the office, on the road, and on many devices. Founded in 1985, Metricom has spent more than 15 years on the development of its distinctive MicroCellular Data Network (MCDN MCDN MicroCellular Data Network (Ricochet wireless cellular internet service) MCDN malariacontrol.net (volunteer computing project) MCDN Meridian Customer Defined Network MCDN Marine Corps Data Network ), currently being deployed at raw data rates of 1 Mbps. That experience enables Metricom to develop the fastest wireless mobile data networking and technology available today. Ricochet has been operating since 1995 in three markets at speeds up to 28.8 kbps. The new Ricochet, delivering user speeds of 128 kbps and greater, is currently under construction in 21 major markets across the US, and right-of-way efforts are underway in an additional 25 markets that will ultimately make Ricochet available to over 100 million people. For more information, visit Metricom at www.ricochet.net. |
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