Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-06-30 Thread Lars-Erik Jonsson
Hi Folks!! I would like to hear your opinions about how WAP people often say that WAP is "mobile Internet". In my opinion, WAP is NOT mobile Internet at all. The Internet is built on the e2e principle and based on the Internet Protocols, which WAP is not. I can not tell people that they should

Re: Speakers - WAP CONVENTION - The European Event

2000-06-30 Thread Jon Knight
I might be missing something here but weren't mobile phones around for years before they became as ubiquituous as they are now? Tatty bye, Jim'll

Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-06-30 Thread Patrik Fältström
At 13.54 +0200 00-06-30, Lars-Erik Jonsson wrote: I would like to hear your opinions about how WAP people often say that WAP is "mobile Internet". Well, Ericsson do in their ads :-) :-) (I say to a person at Ericsson). From my point of view, you can (through a proxy service) access (some)

Re: WAP - What A Problem...

2000-06-30 Thread Jon Crowcroft
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan Simpkins t yped: Valdis, I agree with you a hundred percent. The most expensive part of infrastructure is pulling the cables/fiber necessary to build the infrastrucuture. thats why intelsat and a cosortium of telcos has a charity that built a box that is

Re: WAP - What A Problem...

2000-06-30 Thread Jim_Stephenson-Dunn
-- Forwarded by Jim Stephenson-Dunn/C/HQ/3Com on 06/30/2000 11:24 AM --- sent by: Jim Stephenson-Dunn - Network Engineer, GIS LAN/WAN To: Alan Simpkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Anthony Atkielski [EMAIL

Re: RFC 2862 on RTP Payload Format for Real-Time Pointers

2000-06-30 Thread Robert G. Ferrell
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 2862 Title: RTP Payload Format for Real-Time Pointers Author(s): M. Civanlar, G. Cash Status: Standards Track Date: June 2000 Mailbox:[EMAIL PROTECTED],

FAQ: The IETF+Censored list

2000-06-30 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
The IETF+Censored mailing list At times, the IETF list is subject to debates that have little to do with the purposes for which the IETF list was created. Some people would appreciate a "quieter" forum for the relevant

Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-06-30 Thread Renfield Kuroda
I don't think WAP Mobile Internet any more than TCP/IP is Internet. The Mobile Internet is data/communication devices you carry around with you. Here in Japan we have 8 million non-WAP mobile internet users, plus another 2 million WAP users, and the numbers are exploding. But, and I know this

Re: WAP - What A Problem...

2000-06-30 Thread Renfield Kuroda
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 19:12:26 +0200, Anthony Atkielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Anyway, I have a really good instinct for picking technology winners, and thus far I put WAP in the same category as MiniDiscs, bubble memory, color fax machines, and quadraphonic

Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-06-30 Thread Masataka Ohta
r e n; I don't think WAP Mobile Internet any more than TCP/IP is Internet. There is no such thing as WAP Mobile Internet. The Mobile Internet is data/communication devices you carry around with you. Here in Japan we have 8 million non-WAP mobile internet users, plus another 2 million WAP