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  • For one thing, his network would be a thousand times faster than ALOHANET.

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  • The ALOHANET used small radios, identical to those used by taxicabs, sharing common frequency instead of separate channels.

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  • Metcalfe had an idea, borrowed directly from the ALOHANET—in fact, he would call it the Alto Aloha Network: Let the data packets collide, then retransmit at a random time.

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  • For one thing, his network would be a thousand times faster than ALOHANET.

    Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner 2001

  • The ALOHANET used small radios, identical to those used by taxicabs, sharing common frequency instead of separate channels.

    Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner 2001

  • Metcalfe had an idea, borrowed directly from the ALOHANET—in fact, he would call it the Alto Aloha Network: Let the data packets collide, then retransmit at a random time.

    Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner 2001

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