Everyone is jumping on the 900MHz bandwagon (Trango, Canopy etc.) I think YDI wants some of that as well. My guess is that they will dump the network operations and sell the equipment to others to setup their own independent networks.
Frank > -----Original Message----- > On Behalf Of Jack Unger > > Just my opinion but on the surface this purchase seems puzzling... > > Richochet has been consistently a money-losing company... > YDI is a wireless hardware vendor, not a network operator... > It doesn't add up.... maybe they think they can leverage > Richochet's "mobile" network into lots of "Homeland Security" > sales to the government. > > The technology uses 900 MHz frequency-hopping spread spectrum > (FHSS) nodes on light poles and a 2.4 GHz backbone. It is not > 802-anything compatible.
