I saw an article on this in InfoWorld. NAI/TIS and DARPA talking about putting self-switching packets into the network. I don't see this as too far off from packets purchasing their passage across the network with micromoney of some kind. All spookiness of the current research principals aside, of course... Cheers, Robert Hettinga --- begin forwarded text Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 17:12:39 -0500 To: Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs@philodox.com> From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com> Subject: Darpa's Active Network page Sender: <dbs@philodox.com> List-Subscribe: <mailto:requests@philodox.com?subject=subscribe%20dbs> Here's ARPA's Active Network Page: <http://www.darpa.mil/ito/research/anets/> Cheers, RAH ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'