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

Hi,

Chris Heinze wrote:
>> Keep the minute meters of the 100% state owned telco glooming, for 
>> example?
> 
> you really regard this as a _good_ reason? ;)

depends on the PoV, I'd say. Being such a telco, keeping VoIP out of my 
business has not only a good, but even numerous excelllent reasons for. ;-)

> i think as a policy issue this certainly is an issue that should be 
> discussed with as broad participation from the interested community as 
> possible.

Sure - that is what we are doing here right now, huh? ;-) Although I 
still feel a slight lack of "broad participation from the interested 
community"...

> should number-grabbing be forbidden by policy? if so, is a means of 
> limitation/supervision/enforcement necessary?
> 
> or should the policy generally allow for only exactly one one-number 
> assignment per person? if so, per natural person only? if not, only one 
> one-number assignment per organisation? other ideas?

What we always would need to bear in mind is:
a) Is the aim of the policy really necessary? What is likely to happen
    if there is no policy in this regard?
b) Is the measures of the policy likely to fulfil its aims?
c) Is the application of a certain policy feasible for the entity
    supposed to apply it? What if it fails partly or even in general? Has
    the application of such policy any side effects, in particular
    unwanted ones?

Best,

	-C.