MobileStar's dead. They are the company that does wireless service at StarBuck's. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 11:47:36 -0500 From: Jim Thompson <jim at smallworks.com> To: "terry at nycwireless.net" <terry at nycwireless.net> Cc: "nycwireless at lists.spack.org" <nycwireless at lists.spack.org>, "wireless at lists.bawug.org" <wireless at lists.bawug.org>, "wireless at lists.devzero.org" <wireless at lists.devzero.org>, "pud at fuckedcompany.com" <pud at fuckedcompany.com> Subject: Re: [nycwireless] MobileStar - Fucked Company Rumor Its true, they shut the doors, and laid everyone off yesterday. I confirmed the rumor around 9am this morning by calling Kliesner's former "executive" assistant vis cell phone. Jim > From: www.fuckedcompany.com > > Shooting star > Rumor has it wireless broadband company MobileStar laid everyone off today. > Apparently the Nextel (to buy them) deal fell through. No severance, no > nothing. Apparently these were the people wiring all the Starbucks with > wireless Internet where you could just come in with your laptop and be > online. Actually a cool idea... (in fact, i'm using a Linksys wireless card > to write this right now in the bathroom as i am taking a dump. it's true!) > When: 10/10/2001 > Company: MobileStar > Severity: 100 - new hall of fame inductee! > Points: 200 > 9 comments in the Happy Fun Slander Corner! > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > -- C++ is like jamming a helicopter inside a Miata and expecting some sort of improvement. -- Drew Olbrich -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/