On 29 Dec 2008, at 01:33, David Farrar wrote:
From: Steve Phillips [mailto:steve(a)focb.co.nz]
(personally, I think this range should be allocated to InternetNZ/the DNC/MED just to stop people doing things like this)
I would not get overly concerned.
To put the problem space into context, how much of the +64 number range can be reached using SIP, or any other URI that you might want to publish under 4.6.e164.arpa? I ask because it seems to me that the only plausible way that enum will be used is as part of a bottom-up process, through individual subscribers who want to make themselves reachable in ways other than through their telco. However, so long as telcos maintain effective control over the E.164 number plan and have no commercial reason to modify their existing interconnect tariffs (or to allow their subscribers to be called in ways that don't use their network) it seems clear that such a thing will never happen. Am I missing something, or is enum a nice technical solution which can, almost by definition, never be deployed? Joe