They are doing this in many countries in Europe. They charge for data transfer across the telephone lines. All they have to do I have some type of paket sniffer to see what youre sending and where and then they will charge you. They dont have to charge the merchant they can just add it to your monthly phone/internet bill. Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001009/bs/att_dc_1.html > > http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/10/09/technology/att/ > > > > This is so lame, I can't believe it! > > I'm having trouble believing it too... I really want to know how the > mechanics of this thing would work. it stinks a bit like the 'e-mail tax' > hoax. > how would they charge merchants? per-SSL'ed packet that went across their > network? per packet period? how would they know where to bill a merchant; > would they only bill merchants who colo/vhost in their facilities? (which > would drive people away from them *really* fast) trying to track down the > billing address of "Bob & Martha's Bait, Bobbers, & Bullets" to charge them > 50 cents for the $10 of buisness they did, seems like a waste of effort. > > Carl Soderstrom > -- > Network Engineer > Real-Time Enterprises > (952) 943-8700 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $7.99/mo! ------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org