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..."
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Richard Shockey, Senior Manager, Strategic Technology Initiatives
NeuStar Inc.
46000 Center Oak Plaza - Sterling, VA 20166
sip:rshockey(at)iptel.org ENUM +87810-13313-31331
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<mailto:richard(at)shockey.us>
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