Remember Ricochet Networks, the 900MHz, 128Kbps precursor to today’s wireless mesh? They’re back. Again.
Today Ricochet Networks, a Wireless ISP (WISP) headquartered in Denver and a wholly owned subsidiary of Terabeam, announced an agreement with the City and County of Denver, Colorado, to incorporate Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and other broadband services into the City’s existing right-of-way contract with Ricochet.
“Wi-Fi in the Mile High” city will eventually cover the entire City and County of Denver. First to “go live” will be sections of the City’s Capitol Hill and Golden Triangle downtown neighborhoods, an area of approximately 2.5 square miles.
The new Ricochet “Wi-Fi in the Mile High” scalable mesh network will be powered by Wi-Fi Mesh, point-to-multipoint and wireless backhaul equipment from Proxim Wireless, also a wholly owned subsidiary of Terabeam.
Ricochet will be utilizing the dual channel AP-4000-MR and MP.11 point-to-multipoint products to offer Wi-Fi services in Denver.
The existing Ricochet network, a patented mesh Micro Cellular Data Network providing 128Kbps, wire-free Internet access, has been operating since 2002 in the Denver metropolitan areas and serves more than 6,000 municipal, residential, and business users.
Denver currently utilizes Ricochet wireless modems in many police mobile units and other city agencies, according to Darryn Zuehlke, Director of the Denver Office of Telecommunications.
PS: A note of clarification. Check the date on the previous story.
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