Re: Getting NANPA to designate a non-geographic area code?

[John Todd <jtodd@loligo.com>]

At 6:19 PM +0000 on 5/18/04, Paul Vixie wrote:
>  > I guess I"m looking at the glass as half full and saying that a
> >  non-geographic area code could be local to EVERYBODY. That's the
> >  beauty of it.
>
> you might be able to get a country code for this reason but never a NANP
> area code.

This exists.  The +878 country code has been allocated for 
non-geographic use, and more specifically, +878-10 is right now 
coming out of "test mode" for ENUM-only allocations.

>  > Ultimately the marketplace could decide what these calls are billed as.
>
> for example, when one voip-attached person dials another, they'll pay
> only their monthly DSL fee.  i guess that's why this is taking so long:
> "please start registering stuff under .e164.arpa so you can go out of
> business" is just not a compelling suggestion.

You have identified the crux of the matter.  The conversion to a VoIP 
network will cause loss of revenue for incumbents who currently "own" 
phone numbers, so some people in those organizations could (possibly 
correctly) interpret ENUM as a threat.  So, taxes and fees start to 
be associated with number sub-delegation, which may actually speed up 
the erosion of traditional services once some critical mass is 
reached with ENUM deployment.  "Pay $15 a month for my Los Angeles 
number?  I could just pay $1 a month for a number in Canada, and the 
calls come through just the same, and those guys in Canada offer this 
neat ENUM service..."

JT


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