Presence and IntComm WG

[Alistair Munro <>]

Hi all,

My 2 cents worth...

> I am mindful that I do not want to turn this into just a telephone service,
> so please view these comments accordingly.

I like Joe's suggestions. I'm also conscious that we are getting dominated by 
voice, which (as I've said previously) is just going to be problematic with 
802.11. We already spend a lot of our time fiddling with it.

I'd prefer focussing on SMS, possibly via some chat application. Some providers 
(possibly all?) have IP gateways to their SMS relays and the cost issue may not 
apply. They can handle a few billion messages a month so bursts from a PIC 
session shouldn't trouble them.

Regards,

Alistair

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