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To: Mark Oliver who wrote (863)	9/12/1998 2:37:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2025

Mark, you said >Currently, formats for paying work only for purchases over a couple dollars. Companies like Broadcast.com have some interesting offers, but it only a start.< Cybercash [CYCH] has a system that lets you pay any amount online. I haven't checked their latest changes, but did try their CyberWallet a year and a half ago. You put money into the wallet by allowing CYCH to debit your credit card. The wallet resides on your HD. Then you pay online merchants who use the service from the wallet. The Cybercash site should have a description. There is a competitor who allows you to pay fractional cents, even. GM

To: Mark Oliver who wrote (863)	9/13/1998 8:27:00 AM
From: Pierre-X	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2025

I can tell you the probability of a mobile wireless solution in the MMDS and LMDS bands is severely constrained by both engineering and regulatory barriers. The other technologies I am not familiar with. Interface: The visual interface is the best for machine-to-person, but the audio interface is the best for person-to-machine. How many people can type? Micropayments: Jacob Nielsen, one of the best and most intelligent commentators on Web development and issues, has this to say about micropayments: useit.com Ultimately, those who pay for something control it. Currently, most websites that don't sell things are funded by advertising. Thus, they will be controlled by advertisers and will become less and less useful to the users. Security: This is a big question mark. OT so I won't get into it here. Better MPUs: Advancing technology is DEFINED AS a benefit to society. Education: Where will this hypothetical revolution come from? Certainly not government-run school systems. The classroom of 1998 is not materially changed from the classroom of 1888, a bunch of kids at desks with textbooks and a blackboard at the front ... a hundred years of no progress. Depressing. One obvious candidate for educational revolution is the Net. Portico: I think I'll sign up on Monday! God bless, PX