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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.