[enum-wg] repost: Proposal for non-geographic ENUM E.164 UPTS for the general public

Richard,

Richard Shockey wrote:
> [...]
> 
> I'm pretty sure I'll live to see Geographic portability in the US.  Its 
> technically its a trivial exercise.

humm... sure? Not about the technical part, certainly - but about your 
assumptions in regards of the flexibility and ability to move when it 
comes to regulators and the like.

I recently during a VoIP round-table raised that very questions to a rep 
from RegTP, the German regulator, whether in the wake of the +49.32 
deliberations there are any first thoughts to get rid of area specific 
codes, i.e. enable geographic portability. The answer was a clear "No, 
nothing whatsoever".

Later on, during a privat chat, I heard something like "It's still 
partly used for PSTN routing and also important for tariffing" - humm...

And a really heretic thought: what about phone numbers becoming a 
commodity sometime in the future, as in: fully portable on a global scale?

Cheers,

	-C.