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

At 01:04 PM 8/11/2004, Carsten Schiefner wrote:

>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.

Exactly .. but Wireless and VoIP are breaking down those barriers in the 
eyes of consumers so the questions are being asked in addition if you were 
a marketing director for a Incumbent land line Carrier looking how to keep 
your customer base ..its a tool you dont have now.

Or as a eloquent New Yorker would put it " What the Fxxx do you mean I have 
to change my Fxxxxxx number. I'm moving from West 46th to West 82 you 
Fxxxxx moron!!" "I can get a cell phone and they will port the Fxxxxxx 
number!"


>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".

I imagine the silence was deafening. I can just see the little DT reps 
desperately trying to get the subject changed as fast a possible. " isnt it 
lunch time yet?"

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

PRECISELY .. the only justification for geographic codes is the artificial 
barriers of "rate centers" used for Tariffs  Something your friendly 
national incumbent monopoly carrier does not want to talk about especially 
in front of regulators.


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

I think we'll all just dial via SIP URI before we see that happen <g>


>Cheers,
>
>         -C.


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