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Re: Japan Puts Its Money on E-Cash
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Crawford)
Tue Dec 13 11:23:01 2005
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Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:18:25 -0600
From: Matt Crawford <crawdad@fnal.gov>
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To: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
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On Dec 12, 2005, at 18:14, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
> But would it work in a place like the United
> States, where 24 percent of transactions are made on credit?
>
> Some Americans, analysts note, are already using a version of e-
> cash to
> bypass toll lanes on highways.
Don't take that as a sign of consumer acceptance, though. In
Illinois, if you won't pre-pay your tolls in $40 increments, you will
pay double the rate in cash at the toolbooth. And the electronic
system is anything but anonymous.
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