Re: Bangemann Commission Document available from the Web

[Dave Morton <]

> >THE VERY SAME THING IS HAPPENING NOW. YOU WONT GET ANY MONEY FROM NO
> >PUBLIC FUNDS FOR NETWORKING IF YOUR REQUEST DOES NOT CONTAIN THE WORD
> >ATM ON EVERY SECOND LINE !!
>
>I propose a research program on an EU wide banking network using  TCP/IP 
>to connect all the Automatic Teller Machines together and to homes so
>that the user can pay for video on demand, carry out home shopping and
>even particpate in e-mail and multimedia conferences about 
>Another Terrible Mistake by the EC. Pharmacists in hospitals around
>the EU wil lbe able to prescribe drugs such as 
>Adenozine Tri-Molybdomate, and high-school children and teachers 
>will be abe to undertake Aptitude Testing and Marking with
>off-the-shelf technology such as cisco, wellfleet, proteon, and Spider 
>Systems (an EU based company, not an American Technology Magnate) 
>can provide right now
>
> jon 
>do i get the money?:-)
>

Jon, nice proposal ! But you only get the cash if you don't forget your
PIN code :-). 

To be serious for a second (!), even the commission must realise at this
stage that wide-area ATM is not quite upon us yet - mabye by the time the
report actually gets implemented. By then, we'll probably be picking up our
pensions anyway (still from the hole in the wall).

Dave

PS: Recevied some really cool tarrifs a few days ago from DBP Telekom
for participation in the 18 PTO ATM pilot. Effectively they prohibit
participation if you're in DE.