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Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??

Doug Royer <Doug.Royer@Software.com> Wed, 12 July 2000 00:30 UTC

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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

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