Michael Sutton wrote: [stuff I agree with, as I was also a councilor at the time and on the ENUM workforce] but:
6. The ITU will not approve the ENUM delegation application of James Jones as the MED will not send a letter of endorsement to the ITU in support of this application - or will they.
It's more accurate to say that it is extremely unlikely that this application would be approved (you never know with MED) but, as previously stated, MED would consult with the TCF and they are most likely to say no. James, it's not really fair to say that "InternetNZ has been sitting on this for two years, and this looks like they have not moved forward on the schedule for the task force. If they have not why haven't they applied for the allocation". We (and I mainly mean Michael but also Keith and Jordan and others) worked hard to persuade the telcos that it was a Good Thing(tm) but the TCF is where the process got bogged down. They kept saying 'yes, we must do a test' but never when or how. There's little point in applying for the delegation if you know it's not going to be accepted. We did indeed discuss setting up an independent server and "just doing it" but, without the formal delegation, it's a little hard for people to find you. Personally, I'd like to see the decision made by the Telecommunications Commissioner, rather than the people at MED, but that's government for you. James, I hope you're not basing your business plan on getting the delegation, because I can't see it happening. Regards Mark Harris (former Councilor, InternetNZ) http://tracs.co.nz/gripping-hand/