OT: Mobile Directories WAS: Large ISPs doing NAT?

Fri May 3 20:05:48 UTC 2002

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 12:11:33PM -0700, Rowland, Alan  D wrote:
> 
> You would think the phone companies who already have most of the necessary
> resources, i.e. the yellow pages/directory listings, would be all over this
> idea as a way to sell thier device/generate even more listing revenue.
> 
> Killer app: Cell Phone/PDA/GPSw Mapping,routing in a Palm form factor.
> 
> Just my 2¢. The delete key is your friend.

I can probably name you half a dozen companies which are, or were, "all
over" this sort of thing, and at least two of them are Bell/YP shops. I
used to work for one of the others (prior to the usual dot-com implosion).

Right now, they seem to expect you to 411 it, instead, and let the low-wage
humans on the other end of the line make a guess.

And remember: just because it's a killer app doesn't mean anyone is willing
to pay for it.
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