GSM 900 /1800, UMTS bandwidth
If you are using a GSM 900/1800 network for internet access what are the optimal bandwidth qualities, and what are the bandwidth qualities of existing UMTS networks? Yours truly, Nyagudi Musandu
Sats vs plain UMTS
Could hand held satelitte phones kill UMTS even before it takes root, as the key tools for personal high bandwidth internet access? Yours truly, Nyagudi Musandu
E - commerce limitations?
I have several questions related to internet commerce and existing internet commerce systems: (1)What is the maximum ( highest known ) amount ( in any widely traded currency ) that can be paid off in a single transaction in existing internet commerce systems? (2)What is the greatest upper limit that can be settled by any known credit / debit card for a single transaction? and about how many people hold such cards? (3)I am looking for information criticising Integrion where can I find it ? Yours sincerely, Nyagudi Musandu
Internet Financial Devices are mostly proprietary
Most of the time when you subscribe to a financial service on the internet, e.g a digital wallet or peripheral device for charging debit cards, your money becomes proprietary i.e you spend it only as allowed by the service provider or charging of financial debit devices can only be under taken using technology developed by the financial services vendor in question. Does the Internet Engineering Task Force have an interest in encouraging Open Financial Systems and Peripheral Devices for the internet? This would allow the a wide market variety for people using these technologies as well as change over alternatives when a financial services vendor proves unreliable. Yours sincerely, Nyagudi Musandu
re: Financial Stnadards Work group?
I do not quiet agree with the current standards, they are a pain in the neck. E.g ( Just one example ) I want the internet debit card and the devices for charging them to be standard hardware available in any computer store. This will allow one to chose any bank or service provider ( instead of your money going proprietory ): imagine buying a new modem or router every time you change ISPs or buying different kinds of printers for printing from different web sites. That is the position of debit card recharging buying a new device each time you change the service provider. The IETF can help or do you hold alternative views ( give me some recharging devices that allow change overs )?? Yours sincerely, Nyagudi Musandu At 10:28 14/05/00 -0700, you wrote: Musandu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It may just be time for the IETF to develop a financial standards work group separate from the applications work group. I can even forsee a Simple Cash Transfer Protocol? any objections? There is an ANSI Financial Standards body (X9) which is also chair of the ISO Financial Standards group. The electronic commerce payments working group (X9A10) has a draft standard for all electronic retail payments (debit, credit, pre-paid, electronic cash, etc) .. X9.59. misc. ref http://www.x9.org/ http://www.x9.org/main_organization.html http://www.x9.org/subcomms/x9a/general/public/general.html http://www.tc68.org/ http://www.x9.org/n20.html http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/ http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/99.html#224 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/8583flow.htm http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/draft-wheeler-ipki-aads-01.txt of course my rfc index is also at: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/rfcietff.htm as well as ietf, payments, security, X9F, and financial glossaries -- Anne Lynn Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/ http://www.adcomsys.net/lynn/
Financial Standards Work group?
It may just be time for the IETF to develop a financial standards work group seperate from the applications work group. I can even forsee a Simple Cash Transfer Protocol? any objections? Yours sincerely, Nyagudi Musandu
VIRUSES ARE PROFITABLE???
Could the anti virus industry exist without viruses?? or Some Free lance anti virus guys ever earn a living. The bottom line is that viruses are profitable ( one man's food is another man's poison ). The internet is just a refined vector / agent for spreading viruses. So why don't you isolate your important information from the internet, including back ups for your web servers and open attachments on offline isolated computers also remember to do your browsing on seperate computers. That may reduce disaster vunerability by about 5%. I can forsee a virus coming in the next five years that will burn quiet and number of graphic cards, mother boards, CRTs and etc.. That is if virus manufacturers have ever read the xfree86 source code. Yours sincerely, Nyagudi Musandu.
