Enter the Internet . . .
In the Internet there is no readily identifiable uniform bi-directional transaction
- The currency of interaction must shift to the lowest common denominator
- Each individual IP packet is an individual ‘transaction’
In a chaotic retail market each part of a multi-provider supported transaction has an individual monetary flow
- The ‘value’ can be in either direction at each interconnection
Per-Service charging is difficult
- The service is within the IP payload
- Per-packet transmission is the currency of IP money