Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-11 Thread Doug Royer

> TSIGARIDAS PANAGIOTIS wrote:
> 
> I believe, I found part of the following text in WAP Forum's WEB-pages.
> However, I think the answer -from business and technology point of view-
> is simple;
> 
> Is WAP mobile Internet ?  Yes and NO
> 
> WAP is using existing Internet standards.  The WAP architecture was
> designed to enable standard Internet servers to provide services to
> wireless devices.

In other words - a gateway?

If so, then it is a gateway to non-internet devices.
They are not just disconnected devices. Many people have laptops
that are connected then disconnected from an ISP. The mobile
phones use a different protocol suite to perform their operations.

I am not saying that is bad. Just that it seems to me to they are
saying that they are providing a gateway to the internet for non-internet
devices. Otherwise is all they would need is a bridge or router.

>  In addition, when communicating with wireless devices,
> WAP uses many Internet standards such as XML, UDP and IP. The WAP
> wireless protocols are based on Internet standards such as HTTP and TLS
> but have been optimised for the unique constraints of the wireless
> environment.

And much email is still sent in ASCII (IEEE I think), that does mean
that all internet email systems are IEEE devices.

> Internet standards such as HTML, HTTP, TLS and TCP are inefficient over
> mobile networks, requiring:
> ...

Orthogonal to the issue here - "is it the internet"?




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-11 Thread Doug Royer

Keith Moore wrote:
> 
> > Here in Japan we have 8 million non-WAP mobile internet users,
> 
> uh, no.  if you don't have IP to the phone, it's not mobile Internet.
> calling it Internet is just deceptive advertising.

I agree.

I have cell phone with an IP address. When it is powered on I can ping
it from any internet system.

I can browse the internet with the help of a internet <-> WAP gateway.

The two seem separate to me.

-Doug




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread Masataka Ohta

Joe;

> SMTP in the Internet is, by definition, over IP. STD1 defined only one
> required reliable ordered data stream protocol - TCP.

What is your point?

Are you saying that, in the Internet, there is some application/transport
protocols not over IP but SMTP is exclusively over IP?

> > > Multicast _redefines_ IP (or portions of the address space thereof); it
> > > could be argued that a service provider sells 'Internet' without selling
> > > multicast IP.
> > 
> > See STD1 for a list of "required" protocols.
> 
> Multicasting is RFC1112, one of the 'required' protocols.

In RFC 2400, the last STD1 which included information on requirement
levels, it is a "recommended", not "required" protocol.

I wonder why the information is missing in the recent STD1.

Masataka Ohta




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread Joe Touch



Masataka Ohta wrote:
> 
> Joe;
> 
> > > > would pacbell filtering all multicast at all CPE equipemt fall into your
> > > > bucket, where do you draw the line?
> >
> > At IP, as Bob Braden said.
> >
> > SMTP is _over_ IP.
> 
> Wrong. RFC821 says:
> 
>SMTP is independent of the particular transmission subsystem and
>requires only a reliable ordered data stream channel.  Appendices A,
>B, C, and D describe the use of SMTP with various transport services.
>A Glossary provides the definitions of terms as used in this
>document.

Appendix A is SMTP over TCP (over IP). (I was implying that it was on
TOP of IP, not that it was exclusively on top of IP).

SMTP in the Internet is, by definition, over IP. STD1 defined only one
required reliable ordered data stream protocol - TCP.

> > Multicast _redefines_ IP (or portions of the address space thereof); it
> > could be argued that a service provider sells 'Internet' without selling
> > multicast IP.
> 
> See STD1 for a list of "required" protocols.

Multicasting is RFC1112, one of the 'required' protocols.

On page 1 of that RFC:   

Level 0: no support for IP multicasting

   There is, at this time, no requirement that all IP implementations
   support IP multicasting.  Level 0 hosts will, in general, be
   unaffected by multicast activity.  The only exception arises on some
   types of local network, where the presence of level 1 or 2 hosts may
   cause misdelivery of multicast IP datagrams to level 0 hosts.  Such
   datagrams can easily be identified by the presence of a class D IP
   address in their destination address field; they should be quietly
   discarded by hosts that do not support IP multicasting. 

Interestingly, the RFC indicates 'should be quietly dropped' where not
supported. There is no requirement that they not be dropped, or that the
dropping be quiet.

Joe




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread Masataka Ohta

Joe;

> > > would pacbell filtering all multicast at all CPE equipemt fall into your
> > > bucket, where do you draw the line?
> 
> At IP, as Bob Braden said.
> 
> SMTP is _over_ IP.

Wrong. RFC821 says:

   SMTP is independent of the particular transmission subsystem and
   requires only a reliable ordered data stream channel.  Appendices A,
   B, C, and D describe the use of SMTP with various transport services.
   A Glossary provides the definitions of terms as used in this
   document.

> Multicast _redefines_ IP (or portions of the address space thereof); it
> could be argued that a service provider sells 'Internet' without selling
> multicast IP.

See STD1 for a list of "required" protocols.

Masataka Ohta




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread Vernon Schryver

> From: Joe Touch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> ...
> > > At IP, as Bob Braden said.
> > >
> > > SMTP is _over_ IP.
> > >
> > > Multicast _redefines_ IP (or portions of the address space thereof); it
> > > could be argued that a service provider sells 'Internet' without selling
> > > multicast IP.
> > 
> > That grossly overstates the difference between multicast IP services and
> > classic IP services.  For one thing, many multicast applications work
> ...

> 'Internet' is about speaking IP and ICMP.

And which multicast application isn't?

> There are many variants of routing; none are required to be deployed
> _throughout_ the Internet. Static routes are sufficient, and 'who speaks
> what routing protocol' and 'what the routes mean' (CIDR included) is a
> matter of consensus among parties exchanging a single routing protocol,
> not an Internet-wide requirement.

What is the relevance of that to the question of when a package labeled
"The Internet" is a fraud?
BGP4 is a lot newer than multicasting.  Would you say that an ISP with
broken routing that makes a significant part of the net unreachable is
still legitimately selling "The Internet"?


> > It's also a of a stretch to call the 1985 change of class D from
> > "unused" or "reserved" to the multicast space a redefinition of the
> > IP address space. 
>
> Under classic IP, class D was defined as unused/reserved;
> under multicast IP, class D is now defined as multicast. 
> That is the purest form of the change of a definition.
> While it affects only a portion of all IP packets, it did redefine
> the meaning of that portion.

In exactly what way did it redefine any IP header bits?  Yes, what routers
must do and the link-layer destination of some IP addresses was tweaked,
but little more than what RFC 1122 did to broadcast addresses.  The
multicast changes were no than many other changes since 1085, including
new ICMP types.  Would you say an ISP selling "Internet email and web
hosting" is honest if its hosts don't do slow start, because slow start
wasn't there at the beginning?  What about the many other new requirements,
such as egress filtering and not advertising routes to RFC 1918 networks?
Or the deprecation of RFC 822 promiscuous relaying?

> (it redefined the meaning of values of the space, not the partitioning
> of the space).

More than the meanings of other large chunks of the 32-bit IPv4 space
listed in RFC 960 as "reserved"?  I'll grant the word "reserved" was a
little general, but not enough to matter.


The question is not "what was NFSNet in 1985."  It is, "in 2000, at what
point is a vendor claiming to be selling "The Internet" guilty of false
and misleading advertising?"  Would you really allow a vendor to sell
exactly those services that were available in 1985?  Why not pick 1970?
If you must do it by date, 1990 or 1995 makes a lot more, but still not
much sense.  "The Internet" is not a static thing.

When (and if) IPv6 takes off, would you say an "Internet" package could
exclude the IPv6 universe, including hosts reachable with an embedded IPv4
address?  If you're consistent, your answer must be "yse."

If it were relevant, I'd ask about the cause for your unreasoning prejudice
against multicasting.  You might be able to support a claim that
multicasting in the Internet is a bad idea, can't work in many ve large
internets (small 'i'), is useless except for either trivial applications
or applications that can do as well or better with broadcasting (e.g.
NTP), or similar.  Claiming that multicasting is not part of The Internet
because it wasn't in TIP's and IMP's in 1970 is something else.


Vernon Schryver[EMAIL PROTECTED]




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread Joe Touch



Vernon Schryver wrote:
> 
> > From: Joe Touch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> > ...
> > > > would pacbell filtering all multicast at all CPE equipemt fall into your
> > > > bucket, where do you draw the line?
> >
> > At IP, as Bob Braden said.
> >
> > SMTP is _over_ IP.
> >
> > Multicast _redefines_ IP (or portions of the address space thereof); it
> > could be argued that a service provider sells 'Internet' without selling
> > multicast IP.
> 
> That grossly overstates the difference between multicast IP services and
> classic IP services.  For one thing, many multicast applications work
> fine, albeit with rather reduced scope, when sent to the local IP broadcast
> address instead of a multicast address.  For another, since CIDR
> "_redefines_ IP (or portions of the address space thereof", are ISP's
> that sell non-classful blocks not in the IP business?

'Internet' is about speaking IP and ICMP.

There are many variants of routing; none are required to be deployed
_throughout_ the Internet. Static routes are sufficient, and 'who speaks
what routing protocol' and 'what the routes mean' (CIDR included) is a
matter of consensus among parties exchanging a single routing protocol,
not an Internet-wide requirement.

> It's also a of a stretch to call the 1985 change of class D from
> "unused" or "reserved" to the multicast space a redefinition of the
> IP address space. 

Under classic IP, class D was defined as unused/reserved;
under multicast IP, class D is now defined as multicast. 
That is the purest form of the change of a definition.
While it affects only a portion of all IP packets, it did redefine
the meaning of that portion.

(it redefined the meaning of values of the space, not the partitioning
of the space).

Joe




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread Stephen Sprunk

Thus spake "Brijesh Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 1. A WAP phone without an IP address is not an Internet device. And,
> no one claims so.

The telcos who offer WAP service (at least in my town) market it as
"Wireless Internet Access".  They do not advertise it as "wireless
application-proxy-based access to certain web pages", which is what
they're really selling.

> 2. A WAP device can have both IP and non-IP addresses. So a WAP
> device could be an Internet device at one time and non-Internet device
> a bit later (at least in theory).

If it speaks IP, it's Internet.  None of the WAP phones I've used or
seen so far speak IP.

> 3. An IP address is not very useful on most mobile (cellular) devices.

With the current billing model of per-minute connection charges and slow
speeds, it's not useful.  The economics just aren't there for the
consumer.

If the business model were different, it could definitely be useful --
if my laptop had fast, always-on wireless IP access at a reasonable
price, I'd never go to the office.

> A lot of useful services and applications can be provided without IP
> on the wireless devices. That includes sending and receiving mails
> to/from the Internet, and limited web browsing via proxy gateways.

Agreed.  Those services are useful, and they can be done without IP --
it's just not Internet.

Let's not forget one of the most significant reasons the Internet was
created was to eliminate the need for network-based application
gateways.  In this context, WAP devices are anti-Internet.

> 4. Wireless web access using IP is already here, but very few bother
> to use it. Networks with the ability to handle IP traffic such as CDPD
> have traditionally very low (as per my info, under 15% or so) capacity
> utilization and just about every network is under utilized, and in big
> loss situation, so much for IP access in wireless devices. At the same
> time GSM SMS which needs no IP addressing has a tremendous
> demands. So go figure out utility and economics of IP addresses in
> wireless devices for now.

See above.

S

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RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread Brijesh Kumar


Bob Braden writes:

> -Original Message-
>
> Jon Postel would have said: If it speaks IP (UDP/TCP are not
> necessary), then it's Internet, else not.

I will add a bit to this discussion.

1. A WAP phone without an IP address is not an Internet device. And,
no one claims so.

2. A WAP device can have both IP and non-IP addresses. So a WAP device
could be an Internet device at one time and non-Internet device a bit
later (at least in theory).

3. An IP address is not very useful on most mobile (cellular) devices.
A lot of useful services and applications can be provided without IP
on the wireless devices. That includes sending and receiving mails
to/from the Internet, and limited web browsing via proxy gateways.

4. Wireless web access using IP is already here, but very few bother
to use it. Networks with the ability to handle IP traffic such as CDPD
have traditionally very low (as per my info, under 15% or so) capacity
utilization and just about every network is under utilized, and in big
loss situation, so much for IP access in wireless devices. At the same
time GSM SMS which needs no IP addressing has a tremendous demands. So
go figure out utility and economics of IP addresses in wireless
devices for now.


Cheers,

--brijesh
Ennovate Networks Inc.







Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread Vernon Schryver

> From: Joe Touch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> ...
> > > would pacbell filtering all multicast at all CPE equipemt fall into your
> > > bucket, where do you draw the line?
>
> At IP, as Bob Braden said.
>
> SMTP is _over_ IP.
>
> Multicast _redefines_ IP (or portions of the address space thereof); it
> could be argued that a service provider sells 'Internet' without selling
> multicast IP.

That grossly overstates the difference between multicast IP services and
classic IP services.  For one thing, many multicast applications work
fine, albeit with rather reduced scope, when sent to the local IP broadcast
address instead of a multicast address.  For another, since CIDR
"_redefines_ IP (or portions of the address space thereof", are ISP's
that sell non-classful blocks not in the IP business?

It's also a of a stretch to call the 1985 change of class D from
"unused" or "reserved" to the multicast space a redefinition of the
IP address space.  (RFC 966 mentions the change.  RFC 960 still 
said "Note:  No addresses are allowed with the three highest-order bits
set to 1-1-1.  These addresses (sometimes called "class D") are reserved.")


Vernon Schryver[EMAIL PROTECTED]




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread Joe Touch



Vernon Schryver wrote:
> 
> > > > > think we mean having unincumbered availability of the common application
> > > > > protocols, email, http, ftp, ssh, ...
> > > >
> > > > that's not quite enough; in the UK we're seeing cable-modem ISPs
> > > > attempt to restrict services to those applications, or to a subset of
> > > > those applications (lotsa luck setting up an http server or using
> > > > ssh.)
> > > > ...
> > >
> > > and also like AOL's redirecting proxies for out-bound SMTP?
> > > and the port-25 filtering of many ISP's including UUNET?
> > From: Rick H Wesson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> > would pacbell filtering all multicast at all CPE equipemt fall into your
> > bucket, where do you draw the line?

At IP, as Bob Braden said.

SMTP is _over_ IP.

Multicast _redefines_ IP (or portions of the address space thereof); it
could be argued that a service provider sells 'Internet' without selling
multicast IP.

Joe




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread Keith Moore

> Does it need to be if the Web/Wap app can handle this format?

web/wap apps handle a very small number of protocols compared to the
protocols that are handled by IP and used in practice.  

Keith




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread Aditya Mohan

hi arindam
try any of the WAP Emulators - from Nokia.com , phone.com etc  Using that you can
get the feel of the WAP world .

cheers
Aditya
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I have no access to WAP as it is, so far. Can see a glimpse through the
> Internet! Anybody who can give any suggestions however will not get a
> prize
>
> "Parkinson, Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06-07-2000 03:30:32 PM
>
> To:   'Jon Crowcroft' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> cc:   "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject:  RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
>
> Wellas I see it, and belive me I may be wrong 'Its been known' :-) This been
> the IETF talks about well Internet ...
>
>  >>I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of transmitting
>  >>data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under the Internet
>  >>Umbrella ?
>
> 1 youcan't get at an arbirtrary web page
> 2/ you can't get at an arbitraty application written on TCP/IP or
> UDP/IP
>
> A)youcan't get at an arbirtrary web page (Yes but you can navigate via WAP
> I.E BT Genie) and there are places/portals that transform a webpage to WAP
> format.
>
> B/ you can't get at an arbitraty application written on TCP/IP or UDP/IP.
> Does it need to be if the Web/Wap app can handle this format?
>
> -Original Message-----
> From: Jon Crowcroft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 4:19 PM
> To: Parkinson, Jonathan
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??
>
> In message
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Parkinson, Jonathan" typed:
>
>  >>I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of transmitting
>  >>data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under the Internet
>  >>Umbrella ?
>
> 1 youcan't get at an arbirtrary web page
> 2/ you can't get at an arbitraty application written on TCP/IP or
> UDP/IP
>
> ergo its not internet, its not Internet, and its not provided by
> Internet Service Providers, and this is Very Silly
>
> WAP is quite a neat idea but its a prototype - as folks have said, SMS
> is very cool - generalisations of it are cooler - native IP based ones
> cooler stil coz then your application base can benefot from the
> breadth and depth of stuff that people develop all around the world
> for IP and the disciplines and understanding of markets that ISPs now
> have..
>
> mobile telephony service providers have a reasonable understanding of
> one thing - telephony, based in years of fixed/wireline telephony -
> however, this doesnt mean they haev much of a clue when it comes to
> software based services that people are exponentiateding in the native
> IP world..
>
>  >>Thanks
>  >>Jon
>  >>
>  >>-Original Message-
>  >>From: Ashutosh Agarwal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>  >>Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:25 PM
>  >>To: 'Taylor, Johnny'
>  >>Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>  >>Subject: RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>Hi all,
>  >>I fully agree with Lars. Even I believe WAP does not fall under the
> Internet
>  >>Umbrella
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>Ashutosh Agarwal
>  >>e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >>
>  >>Change your thoughts and you change your world.
>  >>The Buddha
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>> -Original Message-
>  >>> From: Taylor, Johnny [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>  >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 12:15 AM
>  >>> To:  Lars-Erik Jonsson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >>> Subject:  RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
>  >>>
>  >>> The Internet allows all protocols to in-operate with her. This is the
>  >>> uniqueness
>  >>> of the web. Therefore WAP falls within this area!
>  >>>
>  >>> -Original Message-
>  >>> From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>  >>> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:54 AM
>  >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >>> Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>> Hi Folks!!
>  >>>
>  >>> I would like to hear your opinions about how WAP people often say that
> WAP
>  >>> is
>  >>> "mobile Internet". In m

RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread arindam . das



I have no access to WAP as it is, so far. Can see a glimpse through the
Internet! Anybody who can give any suggestions however will not get a
prize




"Parkinson, Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06-07-2000 03:30:32 PM

To:   'Jon Crowcroft' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc:   "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject:  RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??



Wellas I see it, and belive me I may be wrong 'Its been known' :-) This been
the IETF talks about well Internet ...

 >>I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of transmitting
 >>data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under the Internet
 >>Umbrella ?

1 youcan't get at an arbirtrary web page
2/ you can't get at an arbitraty application written on TCP/IP or
UDP/IP

A)youcan't get at an arbirtrary web page (Yes but you can navigate via WAP
I.E BT Genie) and there are places/portals that transform a webpage to WAP
format.


B/ you can't get at an arbitraty application written on TCP/IP or UDP/IP.
Does it need to be if the Web/Wap app can handle this format?



-Original Message-
From: Jon Crowcroft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 4:19 PM
To: Parkinson, Jonathan
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??



In message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Parkinson, Jonathan" typed:

 >>I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of transmitting
 >>data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under the Internet
 >>Umbrella ?

1 youcan't get at an arbirtrary web page
2/ you can't get at an arbitraty application written on TCP/IP or
UDP/IP

ergo its not internet, its not Internet, and its not provided by
Internet Service Providers, and this is Very Silly

WAP is quite a neat idea but its a prototype - as folks have said, SMS
is very cool - generalisations of it are cooler - native IP based ones
cooler stil coz then your application base can benefot from the
breadth and depth of stuff that people develop all around the world
for IP and the disciplines and understanding of markets that ISPs now
have..

mobile telephony service providers have a reasonable understanding of
one thing - telephony, based in years of fixed/wireline telephony -
however, this doesnt mean they haev much of a clue when it comes to
software based services that people are exponentiateding in the native
IP world..


 >>Thanks
 >>Jon
 >>
 >>-----Original Message-
 >>From: Ashutosh Agarwal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 >>Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:25 PM
 >>To: 'Taylor, Johnny'
 >>Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
 >>Subject: RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
 >>
 >>
 >>Hi all,
 >>I fully agree with Lars. Even I believe WAP does not fall under the
Internet
 >>Umbrella
 >>
 >>
 >>Ashutosh Agarwal
 >>e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 >>
 >>Change your thoughts and you change your world.
 >>                The Buddha
 >>
 >>
 >>> -Original Message-
 >>> From: Taylor, Johnny [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 12:15 AM
 >>> To:  Lars-Erik Jonsson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 >>> Subject:  RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
 >>>
 >>> The Internet allows all protocols to in-operate with her. This is the
 >>> uniqueness
 >>> of the web. Therefore WAP falls within this area!
 >>>
 >>> -Original Message-
 >>> From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 >>> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:54 AM
 >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 >>> Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> 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 not use WAP
(even
 >>> if I
 >>> have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their
problem,
 >>> but
 >>> when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I
 >>> think
 >>> it
 >>> is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be
honest
 >>> about
 >>> what it is.
 >>>
 >>> Cheers!
 >>> /Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)
 >>

 cheers

   jon





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RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-06 Thread Parkinson, Jonathan

Wellas I see it, and belive me I may be wrong 'Its been known' :-) This been
the IETF talks about well Internet ... 

 >>I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of transmitting
 >>data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under the Internet
 >>Umbrella ?

1 youcan't get at an arbirtrary web page
2/ you can't get at an arbitraty application written on TCP/IP or
UDP/IP

A)youcan't get at an arbirtrary web page (Yes but you can navigate via WAP
I.E BT Genie) and there are places/portals that transform a webpage to WAP
format. 


B/ you can't get at an arbitraty application written on TCP/IP or UDP/IP.
Does it need to be if the Web/Wap app can handle this format?



-Original Message-
From: Jon Crowcroft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 4:19 PM
To: Parkinson, Jonathan
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??



In message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
"Parkinson, Jonathan" typed:

 >>I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of transmitting
 >>data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under the Internet
 >>Umbrella ?

1 youcan't get at an arbirtrary web page
2/ you can't get at an arbitraty application written on TCP/IP or
UDP/IP

ergo its not internet, its not Internet, and its not provided by
Internet Service Providers, and this is Very Silly

WAP is quite a neat idea but its a prototype - as folks have said, SMS
is very cool - generalisations of it are cooler - native IP based ones
cooler stil coz then your application base can benefot from the
breadth and depth of stuff that people develop all around the world
for IP and the disciplines and understanding of markets that ISPs now
have..

mobile telephony service providers have a reasonable understanding of
one thing - telephony, based in years of fixed/wireline telephony -
however, this doesnt mean they haev much of a clue when it comes to
software based services that people are exponentiateding in the native
IP world..

 
 >>Thanks
 >>Jon
 >>
 >>-Original Message-
 >>From: Ashutosh Agarwal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 >>Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:25 PM
 >>To: 'Taylor, Johnny'
 >>Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
 >>Subject: RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
 >>
 >>
 >>Hi all,
 >>I fully agree with Lars. Even I believe WAP does not fall under the
Internet
 >>Umbrella
 >>
 >>
 >>Ashutosh Agarwal 
 >>e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 >>
 >>Change your thoughts and you change your world.
 >> The Buddha 
 >>----------------
 >>
 >>> -Original Message-
 >>> From:  Taylor, Johnny [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 >>> Sent:  Tuesday, July 04, 2000 12:15 AM
 >>> To:Lars-Erik Jonsson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 >>> Subject:   RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
 >>> 
 >>> The Internet allows all protocols to in-operate with her. This is the
 >>> uniqueness
 >>> of the web. Therefore WAP falls within this area!
 >>> 
 >>> -Original Message-
 >>> From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 >>> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:54 AM
 >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 >>> Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??
 >>> 
 >>> 
 >>> 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 not use WAP
(even
 >>> if I
 >>> have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their
problem,
 >>> but
 >>> when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I
 >>> think
 >>> it
 >>> is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be
honest
 >>> about
 >>> what it is.
 >>> 
 >>> Cheers!
 >>> /Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)
 >>

 cheers

   jon




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread George Michaelson


  Jon Postel would have said: If it speaks IP (UDP/TCP are not
  necessary), then it's Internet, else not.
  
I thought part of the argument was about capitalization of the I. if its
lowercase, then its using IP, if its uppercase then you can expect to use
global Internet addresses and achieve a substantive amount of end-to-end
connectivity. Of course, that was before NAT.

  However, during the 1980s the IAB tried to float the concept of an
  extended Internet defined by email connectivity.

Is this different to John Quartermains Matrix definition? Gosh, how
prescient to choose that word...
  
-George

--
George Michaelson |  DSTC Pty Ltd
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]|  University of Qld 4072
Phone: +61 7 3365 4310|  Australia
  Fax: +61 7 3365 4311|  http://www.dstc.edu.au





Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Bob Braden


  *> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul  5 08:58:47 2000
  *> To: "Parkinson, Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  *> cc: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  *> Subject: Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??
  *> In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Jul 2000 15:15:13 BST." 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  *> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 16:19:23 +0100
  *> From: Jon Crowcroft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  *> X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  *> Content-Length: 3148
  *> X-Lines: 95
  *> 
  *> 
  *> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
  *> "Parkinson, Jonathan" typed:
  *> 
  *>  >>I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of transmitting
  *>  >>data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under the Internet
  *>  >>Umbrella ?
  *> 

Jon Postel would have said: If it speaks IP (UDP/TCP are not
necessary), then it's Internet, else not.

However, during the 1980s the IAB tried to float the concept of an
extended Internet defined by email connectivity.

Bob Braden




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Patrik Fältström

At 17.25 +0100 00-07-05, Lloyd Wood wrote:
>  > i may not choose to use/install them
>  > all, but the commumications technology i use (note this did not say the end
>  > device) should not prevent me from doing so.
>
>...without having to ask some telco's permission or pay more to enable
>the ability. (This is distinct from charging for extreme capacity
>use.)

There is nothing wrong by providers selling you one thing (accessing 
data also available on the Internet) for one sum of money, and the 
ability to have Internet access for another (higher).

What I don't like is that providers sell non-Internet connections and 
then "charge more" for the abilities you list above (and others).

I.e. if they can produce something silly which the market buys, I 
don't see anything wrong with that -- but it should NOT be called 
Internet Access.

In Sweden we have rules for how much beef there have to be 
(percentage) for something to be called "meatballs". Other things are 
called "frying balls", "lean balls" etc. The same market-driven 
regulation should be true for "Internet Access".


Patrik




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Keith Moore

> but that by "on the internet" i
>think we mean having unincumbered availability of the common application
>protocols, email, http, ftp, ssh, ...  

I'd go farther than that.  Internet access includes only only the 
ability to use the common protocols, but also the uncommon ones -
indeed, any protocol that works over IP.

some folks tend to think that as long as the popular protocols 
(as measured by counts of packets with certain port numbers)
are handled this is good enough.   there are at least two fallacies
here - (1) it assumes that the Internet is static and that no
new protocols need be accomodated and (2) it assumes that there
is a relationship between the amount of bandwidth used by a protocol
and the importance of that protocol.

IMHO, one of the most important features of the Internet is its 
flexibility, and in particular, its ability to handle arbitrary 
protocols as long as they can run over IP.  

Keith




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Vernon Schryver

> > > > think we mean having unincumbered availability of the common application
> > > > protocols, email, http, ftp, ssh, ...  
> > >
> > > that's not quite enough; in the UK we're seeing cable-modem ISPs
> > > attempt to restrict services to those applications, or to a subset of 
> > > those applications (lotsa luck setting up an http server or using
> > > ssh.)
> > > ...
> > 
> > and also like AOL's redirecting proxies for out-bound SMTP?
> > and the port-25 filtering of many ISP's including UUNET?


> From: Rick H Wesson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> would pacbell filtering all multicast at all CPE equipemt fall into your 
> bucket, where do you draw the line?

I think it depends on motives.  Port 25 filtering and SMTP redirecting
proxies exist for the same reasons slumlords put bulletproof glass in
their windows and chainlink fencing on their balconies instead of evicting
or otherwise dealing with criminals.  Port 25 filtering and SMTP
redirecting is easier but more expensive in the long run than enforcing
strong terms of service, such as $500/day clean-up fees.  HTTP redirecting
proxies sometimes have much worse, completely intolerable motives, from
unvarnish government censorship of political speech to inserting ads.

Historically multicast was filtered because routers didn't know about it
and those operating them no better informed and caring even less.  Today,
I can still imagine some technical motives for filtering multicast packets.
They would be defensible for a while.  I know nothing about what PacBell
is doing now, but they're filtering class-D addresses for any except real
technical reasons that they honestly plan to fix, then they are not selling
Internet access.  If they are advertising otherwise, then appropriate
legal steps should be taken.

Instead of silly blathering about getting wireless phones and SuperHypeWay
access to the billions of people who currently have neither those modern
necessities, reasonable food or shelter, or even per capita incomes of
$1000/year, those who care about the Internet should be worrying about
the efforts of the old media and communications outfits to transform the
Internet into something they know, whether POTS or TV.


Vernon Schryver[EMAIL PROTECTED]




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Rick H Wesson


Vernon,

would pacbell filtering all multicast at all CPE equipemt fall into your 
bucket, where do you draw the line?

-rick

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Vernon Schryver wrote:

> > From: Lloyd Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> > ...
> > > my point is not to push sms or whatever.  but that by "on the internet" i
> > > think we mean having unincumbered availability of the common application
> > > protocols, email, http, ftp, ssh, ...  
> >
> > that's not quite enough; in the UK we're seeing cable-modem ISPs
> > attempt to restrict services to those applications, or to a subset of 
> > those applications (lotsa luck setting up an http server or using
> > ssh.)
> > ...
> 
> and also like AOL's redirecting proxies for out-bound SMTP?
> and the port-25 filtering of many ISP's including UUNET?
> 
> 
> Vernon Schryver[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Vernon Schryver

> From: Lloyd Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> ...
> > my point is not to push sms or whatever.  but that by "on the internet" i
> > think we mean having unincumbered availability of the common application
> > protocols, email, http, ftp, ssh, ...  
>
> that's not quite enough; in the UK we're seeing cable-modem ISPs
> attempt to restrict services to those applications, or to a subset of 
> those applications (lotsa luck setting up an http server or using
> ssh.)
> ...

and also like AOL's redirecting proxies for out-bound SMTP?
and the port-25 filtering of many ISP's including UUNET?


Vernon Schryver[EMAIL PROTECTED]




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Jon Crowcroft


 >>Jon, I wonder how WAP will fit into  Multicast apps - even 
 >>if its single line txt based msg's app ?
 
football scores/(tennis etc)

share price (look at stockbroker trading terminal - they have very
small amount of realestate for the given instrument)

many many things would work v. well  - iff you had full ip capability...

i guess you'd need an rtp mixer capability in the net for packet ip multiast as
mixing at the receiver might stress the limited capacity...although as
next generation rolls out, this might change too then ip voice
conferencing using multicast (which kind of maps well onto real shared
capacity channels anyhow) would be quite cute...

a lot of sip stuff would be v. cute too (a lot of fancy call handling
scripting things would be dead useful to be able to download onto the
phone.)...

 cheers

   jon




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Dawson, Peter D

->-Original Message-
->From: Jon Crowcroft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
->Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 11:19 AM
->To: Parkinson, Jonathan
->Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
->Subject: Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??
->
->
->
->In message 
-><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
->"Parkinson, Jonathan" typed:
->
-> >>I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way 
->of transmitting
-> >>data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall 
->under the Internet
-> >>Umbrella ?
->
->1 youcan't get at an arbirtrary web page
->2/ you can't get at an arbitraty application written on TCP/IP or
->UDP/IP


Jon, I wonder how WAP will fit into  Multicast apps - even 
if its single line txt based msg's app ?

/pd




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Steven Cotton

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Stewart Nolan wrote:

> The web sits atop the internet, as do the protocols mentioned, as does
> WAP.

Yes - the Internet in my mind is just a collection of protocols, be they
what they may. Over what physical medium data travel is irrelevant, but
doesn't the term "on the Internet" mean the object can query and be
queryied, over this infrastructure?

-- 
steven





Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Jon Crowcroft


In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
"Parkinson, Jonathan" typed:

 >>I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of transmitting
 >>data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under the Internet
 >>Umbrella ?

1 youcan't get at an arbirtrary web page
2/ you can't get at an arbitraty application written on TCP/IP or
UDP/IP

ergo its not internet, its not Internet, and its not provided by
Internet Service Providers, and this is Very Silly

WAP is quite a neat idea but its a prototype - as folks have said, SMS
is very cool - generalisations of it are cooler - native IP based ones
cooler stil coz then your application base can benefot from the
breadth and depth of stuff that people develop all around the world
for IP and the disciplines and understanding of markets that ISPs now
have..

mobile telephony service providers have a reasonable understanding of
one thing - telephony, based in years of fixed/wireline telephony -
however, this doesnt mean they haev much of a clue when it comes to
software based services that people are exponentiateding in the native
IP world..

 
 >>Thanks
 >>Jon
 >>
 >>-Original Message-
 >>From: Ashutosh Agarwal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 >>Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:25 PM
 >>To: 'Taylor, Johnny'
 >>Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
 >>Subject: RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
 >>
 >>
 >>Hi all,
 >>I fully agree with Lars. Even I believe WAP does not fall under the Internet
 >>Umbrella
 >>
 >>
 >>Ashutosh Agarwal 
 >>e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 >>
 >>Change your thoughts and you change your world.
 >> The Buddha 
 >>
 >>
 >>> -Original Message-
 >>> From:  Taylor, Johnny [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 >>> Sent:  Tuesday, July 04, 2000 12:15 AM
 >>> To:Lars-Erik Jonsson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 >>> Subject:   RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
 >>> 
 >>> The Internet allows all protocols to in-operate with her. This is the
 >>> uniqueness
 >>> of the web. Therefore WAP falls within this area!
 >>> 
 >>> -Original Message-
 >>> From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 >>> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:54 AM
 >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 >>> Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??
 >>> 
 >>> 
 >>> 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 not use WAP (even
 >>> if I
 >>> have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their problem,
 >>> but
 >>> when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I
 >>> think
 >>> it
 >>> is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be honest
 >>> about
 >>> what it is.
 >>> 
 >>> Cheers!
 >>> /Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)
 >>

 cheers

   jon




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Stewart Nolan

I think mobile internet is misleading. (A subset of)mobile web perhaps, but
not mobile internet. What about services such as SMTP/Telnet/Usenet? These
are not protocols that a WAP Browser will deal with, it might emulate the
services provided via WAP, but it won't do it natively. The web sits atop
the internet, as do the protocols mentioned, as does WAP.

bcnu,
sn

> -Original Message-
> From: Parkinson, Jonathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 05 July 2000 15:15
> To: 'Ashutosh Agarwal'; 'Taylor, Johnny'
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
> 
> 
> I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of 
> transmitting
> data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under 
> the Internet
> Umbrella ?
> 
> Thanks
> Jon
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Ashutosh Agarwal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:25 PM
> To: 'Taylor, Johnny'
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> I fully agree with Lars. Even I believe WAP does not fall 
> under the Internet
> Umbrella
> 
> 
> Ashutosh Agarwal  
> e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
> --
> Change your thoughts and you change your world.
>   The Buddha 
> --
> --
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From:   Taylor, Johnny [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent:   Tuesday, July 04, 2000 12:15 AM
> > To: Lars-Erik Jonsson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject:RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
> > 
> > The Internet allows all protocols to in-operate with her. 
> This is the
> > uniqueness
> > of the web. Therefore WAP falls within this area!
> > 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:54 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??
> > 
> > 
> > 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 
> not use WAP (even
> > if I
> > have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is 
> their problem,
> > but
> > when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same 
> sentence I
> > think
> > it
> > is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is 
> there, but be honest
> > about
> > what it is.
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > /Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)
> 




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Randy Bush

if i have a device which can only send and receive email, am i "on the
internet?"

if i have a device that lets me send and receive messages to/from internet
users, am i "on the internet"

note that sms with a gateway satisfies the last one.

my point is not to push sms or whatever.  but that by "on the internet" i
think we mean having unincumbered availability of the common application
protocols, email, http, ftp, ssh, ...  i may not choose to use/install them
all, but the commumications technology i use (note this did not say the end
device) should not prevent me from doing so.

e.g. that one-chip web server, with no human interface, is indeed "on the
internet."  a wap phone is not internet, it's waporware !

randy




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Patrik Fältström

At 15.15 +0100 00-07-05, Parkinson, Jonathan wrote:
>I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of transmitting
>data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under the Internet
>Umbrella ?

Things connected to the "Internet" is able to exchange IP packets 
from other things connected to the "Internet".

"web" is one application which can run where one have access to the 
Internet, and in some cases, you can even access the data "on the 
web" by using other services, like WAP.

Patrik Faltstrom
Area Director, Applications Area




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread TSIGARIDAS PANAGIOTIS
Title: RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??





I believe, I found part of the following text in WAP Forum's WEB-pages. However, I think the answer -from business and technology point of view- is simple; 

Is WAP mobile Internet ?  Yes and NO


WAP is using existing Internet standards.  The WAP architecture was designed to enable standard Internet servers to provide services to wireless devices.  In addition, when communicating with wireless devices, WAP uses many Internet standards such as XML, UDP and IP. The WAP wireless protocols are based on Internet standards such as HTTP and TLS but have been optimised for the unique constraints of the wireless environment.

Internet standards such as HTML, HTTP, TLS and TCP are inefficient over mobile networks, requiring: 


    Large amounts of mainly text based data to be sent.


    Standard HTML web content generally cannot be displayed in an effective way on the small size screens of mobile phones and 

    pagers, and navigation around and between screens is not easy.


    HTTP and TCP are not optimised for the gaps of coverage (change over etc.), long latencies and limited bandwidth associated 

    with wireless networks. HTTP sends its headers and commands in  text format instead of compressed binary. Wireless 

    services using these protocols are often slow, costly and difficult to use. The TLS security standard requires many messages 

    to be exchanged between client and server which, with wireless transmission latencies, results in a very slow response for the 

    user.


WAP has been optimised to solve all these problems (??? my oppinion), utilising binary transmission and greater compression of data, and is optimised for long latency and low/medium bandwidth. WAP session protocol stack can cope with limited coverage (gaps of coverage) and can operate over a wide variety of wireless transports using IP where possible and other optimised protocols where IP is impossible (WDP).

The WML language used for WAP content makes optimum use of small screens and allows easy navigation with without a full keyboard, and has built-in scaleability from two-line text displays  to the full graphic screens of smart phones and communicators.

Additionally, WAP goes far beyond the Internet technology not in order to extent the Internet,  but to address functional entities like SIM/WIM, GSM-Telephony etc., they are not part of  the Internet market technology. They are  an important part of the cellular technology and they simply do exist and have to be addressed.  

---
Is WAP going in a different direction than Internet standards do ? NO.


Many of WAP Forum's protocols are Internet standards such as XML, IP and UDP. The Forum has created a protocol suite that is optimised for the mobile environment. WAP Forum is working closely with the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) and the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) to ensure that the future versions of HTML, HTTP and TCP will accommodate the special needs of mobile devices and can be supported in the WAP framework.



Panagiotis Tsigaridas
Telco Information Systems Manager
STET Hellas Telecommunuications S.A.


-Original Message-
From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 4:18 PM
To: Taylor, Johnny; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??



The Web is NOT the Internet. The Web is one Internet application.


/L-E




>The Internet allows all protocols to in-operate with her. This is the
>uniqueness
>of the web. Therefore WAP falls within this area!
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:54 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??
>
>
>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 not use WAP (even
>if I
>have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their problem,
>but
>when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I think
>it
>is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be honest
>about
>what it is.
>
>Cheers!
>/Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)
>





RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Parkinson, Jonathan

I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of transmitting
data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under the Internet
Umbrella ?

Thanks
Jon

-Original Message-
From: Ashutosh Agarwal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:25 PM
To: 'Taylor, Johnny'
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??


Hi all,
I fully agree with Lars. Even I believe WAP does not fall under the Internet
Umbrella


Ashutosh Agarwal
e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Change your thoughts and you change your world.
The Buddha 


> -Original Message-
> From: Taylor, Johnny [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 12:15 AM
> To:   Lars-Erik Jonsson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:  RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
> 
> The Internet allows all protocols to in-operate with her. This is the
> uniqueness
> of the web. Therefore WAP falls within this area!
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:54 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??
> 
> 
> 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 not use WAP (even
> if I
> have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their problem,
> but
> when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I
> think
> it
> is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be honest
> about
> what it is.
> 
> Cheers!
> /Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Ashutosh Agarwal

Well the web is indeed the Internet we are talking about
The Internet is an internet, but an internet is not an Internet always


Ashutosh Agarwal
e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Change your thoughts and you change your world.
The Buddha 


> -Original Message-
> From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:48 PM
> To:   Taylor, Johnny; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:  Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??
> 
> The Web is NOT the Internet. The Web is one Internet application. 
> 
> /L-E
> 
> 
> 
> >The Internet allows all protocols to in-operate with her. This is the
> >uniqueness
> >of the web. Therefore WAP falls within this area!
> >
> >-Original Message-
> >From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:54 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??
> >
> >
> >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 not use WAP
> (even
> >if I
> >have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their
> problem,
> >but
> >when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I
> think
> >it
> >is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be
> honest
> >about
> >what it is.
> >
> >Cheers!
> >/Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)
> >




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Anthony Atkielski

> The Internet allows all protocols to in-operate with her.

With it, you mean.




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Keith Moore

> Here in Japan we have 8 million non-WAP mobile internet users,

uh, no.  if you don't have IP to the phone, it's not mobile Internet.
calling it Internet is just deceptive advertising.




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Ashutosh Agarwal

Hi all,
I fully agree with Lars. Even I believe WAP does not fall under the Internet
Umbrella


Ashutosh Agarwal
e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Change your thoughts and you change your world.
The Buddha 


> -Original Message-
> From: Taylor, Johnny [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 12:15 AM
> To:   Lars-Erik Jonsson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:  RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??
> 
> The Internet allows all protocols to in-operate with her. This is the
> uniqueness
> of the web. Therefore WAP falls within this area!
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:54 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??
> 
> 
> 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 not use WAP (even
> if I
> have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their problem,
> but
> when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I
> think
> it
> is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be honest
> about
> what it is.
> 
> Cheers!
> /Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)




Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Lars-Erik Jonsson

The Web is NOT the Internet. The Web is one Internet application. 

/L-E



>The Internet allows all protocols to in-operate with her. This is the
>uniqueness
>of the web. Therefore WAP falls within this area!
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:54 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??
>
>
>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 not use WAP (even
>if I
>have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their problem,
>but
>when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I think
>it
>is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be honest
>about
>what it is.
>
>Cheers!
>/Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)
>




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Taylor, Johnny

The Internet allows all protocols to in-operate with her. This is the
uniqueness
of the web. Therefore WAP falls within this area!

-Original Message-
From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??


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 not use WAP (even
if I
have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their problem,
but
when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I think
it
is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be honest
about
what it is.

Cheers!
/Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Taylor, Johnny
Good Point & I will tap into Japan Wireless infra-structure!

-Original Message-
From: Renfield Kuroda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:07 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??


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 may be the wrong mailing list for this comment, the
point is a
non-technical one. Users don't care if it's WAP/WML, or cHTML or MML or text
SMS, on
a cdmaONE network, PDC-P, or what.

Technically, I think many agree that WAP and its various technical standards
are
ill-conceived and poorly executed, but that doesn't mean the potential of
the Mobile
Internet isn't there. I personally think if WAP migrated to xHTML and
operators
looked at the successes here in Japan, than the next generation of WAP
phones (or
whatever you call them) really can and will be Mobile Internet.

Regards,

r e n

Lars-Erik Jonsson wrote:

> 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 not use WAP (even
if I
> have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their problem,
but
> when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I
think it
> is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be honest
about
> what it is.
>
> Cheers!
> /Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)

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RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-07-05 Thread Taylor, Johnny

Great Catch. It doesn't get any more Mobile on the Internet then that!


-Original Message-
From: Parkinson, Jonathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 8:24 AM
To: 'Lars-Erik Jonsson'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??


Okay WAP at the moment is only in its baby stage, hence a few mobile phones
have it and a few other devices, and yes at the moment its not very good,
but that's because of the current technology. I know I keep going on about
it, but, I'm sure Bluetooth can and will change the way people use WAP and
as the applications become Bluetooth enabled, WAP is a perfect way of
transmitting data. 

Have a look at
http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid%5F791000/791297.stm
Sony has said It is planning to put the Bluetooth short range wireless
technology in almost every gadget it produces making it easier to get at
data in any device, whether that is messages, music or video. 

IE
Walkmans, laptops, digital cameras and even electronic pets like the Aibo
robotic. 

WAP will be a perfect side technology for this. 

'This is just my opinion and not that of Compaq's (Yet :-))'

-Original Message-
From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 12:54 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??


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 not use WAP (even
if I
have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their problem,
but
when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I think
it
is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be honest
about
what it is.

Cheers!
/Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)




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 users, and the numbers are exploding.

They are no internet users.

Just as the Internet was not e-mail several years ago when e-mail was
the most popular application, the Internet is not web.

> But, and I know this may be the wrong mailing list for this comment,

No. It is merely that your understanding on the Internet is wrong in
any mailing list.

Masataka Ohta




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 may be the wrong mailing list for this comment, the point is a
non-technical one. Users don't care if it's WAP/WML, or cHTML or MML or text SMS, on
a cdmaONE network, PDC-P, or what.

Technically, I think many agree that WAP and its various technical standards are
ill-conceived and poorly executed, but that doesn't mean the potential of the Mobile
Internet isn't there. I personally think if WAP migrated to xHTML and operators
looked at the successes here in Japan, than the next generation of WAP phones (or
whatever you call them) really can and will be Mobile Internet.

Regards,

r e n

Lars-Erik Jonsson wrote:

> 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 not use WAP (even if I
> have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their problem, but
> when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I think it
> is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be honest about
> what it is.
>
> Cheers!
> /Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)

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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) Internet Services via WAP, but not Internet. Exactly because 
of the reasons you listed in your email.

Internet is end2end IP.

If you understand swedish, you can find one specification of "what 
should be part of an Internet connection" on

http://www.itkommissionen.se/obs/obs_spec.html

It specifies what is needed for calling something "Internet".

Nothing connected to WAP will pass those tests.

paf




RE: Is WAP mobile Internet??

2000-06-30 Thread Parkinson, Jonathan

Okay WAP at the moment is only in its baby stage, hence a few mobile phones
have it and a few other devices, and yes at the moment its not very good,
but that's because of the current technology. I know I keep going on about
it, but, I'm sure Bluetooth can and will change the way people use WAP and
as the applications become Bluetooth enabled, WAP is a perfect way of
transmitting data. 

Have a look at
http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid%5F791000/791297.stm
Sony has said It is planning to put the Bluetooth short range wireless
technology in almost every gadget it produces making it easier to get at
data in any device, whether that is messages, music or video. 

IE
Walkmans, laptops, digital cameras and even electronic pets like the Aibo
robotic. 

WAP will be a perfect side technology for this. 

'This is just my opinion and not that of Compaq's (Yet :-))'

-Original Message-
From: Lars-Erik Jonsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 12:54 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Is WAP mobile Internet??


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 not use WAP (even
if I
have my opinions about WAP). If they believe in WAP that is their problem,
but
when they try to use the words WAP and Internet in the same sentence I think
it
is time to clarify a few things. I accept that WAP is there, but be honest
about
what it is.

Cheers!
/Lars-Erik (expressing my PERSONAL opinions)