http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/08/26/143247.shtml?tid=3
.. snip .. Another option is to allow users to bill downloads to their cellular phones. Again, the idea is to make payment seamless, so that the consumer is focused on enjoying the art, and not the act of payment. If he's online, the user simply types in his phone number (with some additional added security to prevent unauthorized charging of downloads to a third-party account), and gets the music (with the cell phone company managing payment to the record or movie label on the back end). If he's offline but using his cell phone, I can envision Johnny sending Jane a download of Audioslave's newest "love song," routing it to her IP address for immediate download the next time she logs on to her computer. .. snip .. -- Internet trivia, 20th anv: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/rfcietff.htm
