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I'm by no means a WAP expert, but recently I've looked into the area a bit and
the following is only IMHO.

WAP is still in its infancy and there aren't any terminals (telephones) around
yet (not even from Nokia <g>) that would be good. moreover, until they reach
packet switching technology instead of the current circuit switching things
aren't nice at all. one thing this means that WAP currently  is expensive
(because you pay for the time that you're logged on) and slow. not to mention
the relative absence of standardised WAP portal services. it seems to me that we
need to wait for the *real* 3G solutions and applications before this becomes
really viable.

as I understood the original question the point was to have a "pan-European" ISP
contact. even though one would use a web based e-mail service it wouldn't solve
the ISP problem, you still need to get logged on to the net. calling
international calls from a mobile phone to log you on isn't exactly cheap around
Europe :-). in Finland Internet contact is offered for free in all libraries,
but I doubt that this is the case in Central Europe (?).

if one would solve the ISP situation both web based e-mail and file storage is
highly recommendable. I just don't know of any ISPs that'd have a presence in
all of Europe with local dial-in services. hope there'd be one, though.

not to disencourage you at all, but as ever, it's all a question of how much
you're willing to pay ;-).

rgds,

Bj\ufffdrn Elfstr\ufffdm

Yoonchi wrote:

> From: "Yoonchi" <yoonchi@...>
>
> Hi Jon,
> I think your friend should use WAP(Wireless Application Protocol). It's a
> new technology to use your mobile phone to have access to the net all around
> the world. I think there are some phone companies in the EU that offer this
> service. I bet BT offers this service for all over Europe. I know
> KPN(www.kpn.com) offers this service in the Netherlands. There are companies
> all across Europe that offer this service.
> I don't know what your friend needs exactly, but if it was for use of
> messages, why not use web based email, if it's only email that's needed. And
> if you need storage, use space at drivestorage.com.
> Hope this gives you something to start with.
> Yoonchi.