🚀 go-pugleaf

Oh, *great*.

Given the breakdown by content type of current internet traffic, I'd say
this can only lead to porn-at-the-pump...

I don't want MP3s at the gas pump. I don't want gas station coffee unless
I am REALLY desperate. I don't want video clips, or spiels about products
or services. I want to fill the tank, pay with a credit card, check the
oil, wash the windows and leave.  As quickly and efficiently as possible,
and with minimal hassle.

Sheesh...

DS

On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Ken M. wrote:

> Pumps to deliver more than just gas
> 
> January 30, 2001
> 
> by Ephraim Schwartz 
> 
> (IDG) -- Fill 'er up may take on a new
> meaning at the gas pump after Ten
> Square officially rolls out its point-of-sale network this week.
> 
> Called the OuterNet network, the system will allow drivers to 
> do everything from downloading a coupon for a free cup of coffee 
> from the receipt printer on the pump to selecting MP3 and video 
> files from the dispenser screen and downloading them wirelessly. 
> The aim is to achieve this in the approximately 240 seconds 
> that it takes the average gas tank to fill.
> 
> With deals already in place with all the leading petroleum 
> companies, including BP, Texaco, and Chevron, and all of the 
> gas dispenser manufacturers, including Tokheim, Marconi, and 
> Dresser Wayne, Ten Square is projecting reaching 150 million 
> consumers by the end of 2001.
> 
> CEO Scott Slinker sees his company as the Microsoft of 
> point-of-sale devices.
> 
> "It is true we are positioned similar to a Microsoft, not 
> necessarily a bad thing, as long as our system is open. 
> Anyone can sign on as long as they are certified. We put 
> the power in the hands of the merchant and the consumer," 
> Slinker said.
> 
> In order to get their marketing message on gas pumps, ATM 
> and vending machines, and screen-based credit card verifiers, 
> content providers will partner with Ten Square in a 
> revenue-sharing model.
> 
> However, the revenue sharing goes beyond a two-way partnership, 
> Slinker said. Partnerships and revenue-sharing relationships 
> will be created between almost all of the participants 
> including the gas station owner, the gas pump maintenance 
> service provider, the petroleum company, as well as Ten 
> Square and the content provider.
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> Read the whole article at:
> http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/01/30/ten.square.pumps.idg/index.html
> -- 
> (ken) 
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