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EXPANDING
<br />Hundreds of communities like yours have given
<br />Metricom right-of-way approval. We have installed
<br />thousands of streetlight radios, providing access to
<br />some of the country's most technologically advanced
<br />institutions — organizations like Microsoft and the
<br />NASA -Ames Research Center, and universities like
<br />Stanford and George Washington University.
<br />Municipal employees use our services in growing
<br />numbers. We continue to gain new subscribers in the
<br />San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington,
<br />D.C. regions and also offer coverage to many
<br />corporate campuses and airports throughout the
<br />nation.
<br />PPORTUNITY
<br />We're offering you a unique public -private
<br />opportunity to bring your community new
<br />ways of communicating — without wires.
<br />A simple right-of-way approval is all it takes
<br />to get on board. With the Ricochet network
<br />and wireless technology, you can be online
<br />anytime, anywhere. Prepare your community
<br />for greater productivity with Ricochet
<br />high-speed wireless communications from
<br />Metricom.
<br />A representative will contact you to discuss our
<br />right-of-way application.
<br />For more information on the Ricochet system by
<br />Metricom, see us online at www.metricom.com.
<br />Or e-mail requests to: rightofway@ricochet.net.
<br />Granting Metricom access to your right-of-way ensured..
<br />NO SURPRISES
<br />• Metricom has a twelve-year track record in
<br />the wireless telecommunications industry
<br />• Radios are installed in hundreds of
<br />municipalities across the U. S.
<br />• Thousands of satisfied subscribers prefer
<br />Ricochet over wire line services
<br />EASE OF ADMINISTRATION
<br />• Each radio installed by Metricom in minutes
<br />• Minimal maintenance or ongoing
<br />administration required
<br />LOW AESTHETIC IMPACT
<br />•\Shoebox-sized radios are mounted on
<br />existing structures
<br />• Typically, no more than seven radios installed
<br />pAr square mile (less than 3% of streetlight
<br />poles per region)
<br />• No\,,rench.ing, cabling or street hardware
<br />ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
<br />• Authorized by the FCC to operate in the
<br />public spectrum under Part 15 of FCC rules
<br />BENEFITS TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS
<br />Wireless freedom I
<br />• Travels with your laptop or handheld device
<br />• No need to install an extra phone line
<br />• Send e-mail wiyhout tying up a phone line
<br />• Stay in touch 7nline, regardless of location
<br />Unlimited access
<br />• Stay online 24 hours a day
<br />• No busy sigalals
<br />• No dropped connections
<br />Low flat -rate pricing
<br />• No airtimm,fe charges
<br />• No billitig surprises
<br />Convenient technology
<br />• ISDN7speed — performance comparable to
<br />wire� line solutions
<br />• C0 patible with desktop, laptop or handheld
<br />computer devices
<br />• RASA security — safe against eavesdropping
<br />other Pat 15 devices include garage door
<br />openers and baby monitors /
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<br />Metricom, Inc.
<br />(NASDAQ:
<br />MCOM), founded
<br />in 1985, is the leader
<br />in wireless data
<br />communications
<br />technology, and
<br />develops and
<br />markets the
<br />Ricochet wireless
<br />network and
<br />services. Ricochet
<br />offers low-cost,
<br />high-performance,
<br />and easy -to -use
<br />data communi-
<br />cations for a broad
<br />range of personal
<br />and commercial
<br />applications. Our
<br />wireless service
<br />gives users fast,
<br />reliable, unlimited
<br />access to the
<br />Internet, e-mail,
<br />private intranets,
<br />local area networks
<br />(LANs), and online
<br />services. To learn
<br />more about
<br />Metricom and the
<br />Ricochet service,
<br />visit us online at
<br />www.metncom.com
<br />or www.ricochet.net.
<br />Metricom, Inc.
<br />980 University Avenue
<br />Los Gatos, CA 95032
<br />408.399.8200
<br />www.metricom.com
<br />www.ricochet.net
<br />rightofway@ricochet.net
<br />,r
<br />Metricom
<br />RicOCHET® BY ME
<br />BETTER WIRELESS
<br />FOR YOUR
<br />COW:
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<br />"Having Ricochet means that the students
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<br />/ntary are able to
<br />access a very cruciaUreseamb and
<br />communications tolol, and, ultimately,
<br />become better lifelong learners."
<br />DR. JOHN PANNELL, PRINCIPAL
<br />MALCOLM XIIELEMENTARY, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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