*> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul  5 08:58:47 2000
  *> To: "Parkinson, Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  *> cc: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  *> Subject: Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??
  *> In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Jul 2000 15:15:13 BST." 
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  *> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 16:19:23 +0100
  *> From: Jon Crowcroft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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  *> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
  *> "Parkinson, Jonathan" typed:
  *> 
  *>  >>I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of transmitting
  *>  >>data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under the Internet
  *>  >>Umbrella ?
  *> 

Jon Postel would have said: If it speaks IP (UDP/TCP are not
necessary), then it's Internet, else not.

However, during the 1980s the IAB tried to float the concept of an
extended Internet defined by email connectivity.

Bob Braden

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