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From: JF Mezei on 17 Jun 2010 21:04
Bob Harris wrote:

> The Facetime server is the cell phone carrier.

Are you sure about that ? It would mean that every mobile network would
have to be aware of one's IP address when in wi-fi mode (sort of scary
from a privacy point of view)


Since Apple provides a IP based "push notification" service, I suspect
that each iphone registers with the Apple servers at the IP level and
that it is Apple which then does the translation from a telephone number
to a IP address (whether that IP address is obtained via wi-fi or
GPRS/HSPA).
From: Dave Fritzinger on 17 Jun 2010 21:33
On Jun 17, 12:49 pm, Bob Harris <nospam.News....(a)remove.Smith-
Harris.us> wrote:
> In article <4c19bb9e$0$1301$c3e8...(a)news.astraweb.com>,
>  JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam...(a)vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
> > BreadWithS...(a)fractious.net wrote:
>
> > > Any reason to think they wouldn't just make iChat compatible with it?
>
> > Perhaps. But I was under the impression Ichat required a server.  Then
> > again, the Facetime application may have a hardcoded Apple server in there.
>
> The Facetime server is the cell phone carrier.

Are you sure? I thought that Facetime only worked on WiFi at present.
>
> And the Facetime buddy list is your address book.

From: Bruce in alaska on 18 Jun 2010 15:30
In article
<b647a737-35f0-4a88-b1c7-815da8fff096(a)23g2000pre.googlegroups.com>,
Dave Fritzinger <dfritzin(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> > > Perhaps. But I was under the impression Ichat required a server. �Then
> > > again, the Facetime application may have a hardcoded Apple server in
> > > there.
> >
> > The Facetime server is the cell phone carrier.
>
> Are you sure? I thought that Facetime only worked on WiFi at present.
> >
> > And the Facetime buddy list is your address book.

iChat has Bonjour connection that does NOT require a Server, but will
run on a local Subnet... The Jabber Connection needs a Jabber Server
like GoggleTalk, or the one in OSX Server, since Tiger. Obviously the
AIM Connection uses the AIM Servers.

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Bruce in alaska
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