***Definately NOT off topic***
As exciting as IT appears and as profitable as Belize etc seems---
I, for one believe that IF the following (copied from the PWRT home page) ever really gets off the ground the rest will only be pocket change!
Mortgage Banking Via Interactive Videophones
Another division of PanAmerican BanCorp will originate mortgage and equipment loans on a national basis in the United States through a network of 10,000 real estate offices and brokers using Interactive Videophones and software patented by Visual Interactive Phone Concepts, Inc. Using Visual's Videophone Mailbox Facility System, the Company is able to open virtual offices anywhere there is a dial tone. All the processing and back office work is done from the company's Hauppauge or Las Vegas office. The Videophone is a combination of a digital phone, a keyboard, a credit card swipe and a display screen for presenting text, voice and visual images. A camera, printer and fax are additional options. The videophone based at a user station is connected to a central data center and one button initiates an interactive on-line session with user friendly screens. The system replaces the need for a PC and no computer skills are necessary. In addition to the processing of mortgages, the company contemplates taking advantage of other functions of the videophone device such as providing Internet access, home shopping, on-line banking, brokerage and leasing services, spread sheet processing and viewing of vacation resorts and department store catalogues. The marketing potential of these and other products is enormous.
JMHO
Dave in Wisc |
