On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 01:41 AM, James M. Ray wrote:
Perhaps an ISP or a telco could help? Outside of South Africa I don't think there's very much exchange activity, but I could be wrong. It would certainly be ironic (but not all that surprising, IMO) if an African telephone company first got the clue about http://mobile.e-gold.com & paying phone bills with a phone...
That's interesting, I had just emailed my Dad this bit when your message came in:
Of course, ideally e-gold would simply be spent within Africa directly for goods and services. Certainly any kind of telephone or internet services are a natural for paying with e-gold. For example, I pay a hosting service in e-gold and I also buy phone pins with e-gold.
Also interesting how you dragged in mobile.e-gold.com. Probably shrewd since cell phone are likely more ubiquitous than full computers themselves. I like the example of paying phone bills with a phone. They could even pay their cell phone bills using mobile.e-gold.com on a cell phone!
This kind of thing might actually work. It's amazing how those folks go for technology, the true magic, after they drop the demon-voodoo stuff. I'll ask my Dad about the cellular service over there.
By the way, I also said this to my Dad:
But for ordinary market transactions, e.g. buying and selling corn, you need physical cash.
To that you might reply, bah! Use mobile.e-gold.com! I haven't tried it myself yet, though I did personally witness James Ray chipping in some beer money that way at the Gold Economy Conference in Atlanta. In any case, buying produce (or beer) can come later. Paying e-gold to a well capitalized entity such as a phone company sounds like a promising way to start.
Thanks!
-- Patrick
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