[#XWM-610908]: Re: [enum-wg] ENUM Adoption - Does a business case matter?

* Rui Ribeiro:

> 2009/6/30 Florian Weimer <fweimer at bfk.de>:
>> * Antoin Verschuren:
>>
>>> And for lager numberblocks there are different prices. One
>>> delegation of 10.000 numbers will cost 2500,-, discounts negotiable,
>>> so effectively this is 0,25 Euro per number.
>>
>> Does this mean that subscribers have to pay per extension/subdomain
>> and are not free to create all the subdomains they want?

Answering my own question to some extent: The first entry I found in
the 1.3.e164.arpa zone is a delegation:

3.0.2.1.5.9.6.0.2.1.3.e164.arpa. 86400 IN NS    ns.regeljeenum.nl.
3.0.2.1.5.9.6.0.2.1.3.e164.arpa. 86400 IN NS    ns.fryslan-online.nl.

I poked around a bit more, and there are several more (82 total), with
several different name servers.  So it seems to me that the zone is
following the delegation model.

Of course, this leaves the registry with no means to enforce typical
regulatory requirements such that the names can only be used for ENUM
(IIRC, there was such a requirement in the RegTP contract for the +49
trial).  It also restricts billing options for the registry to some
extent.  (That's probably why .tel doesn't accept delegations.)

> That is a great question. What kind of services are provided by registrars?
>
> - just number delegation towards the client DNS server? (the user can
> make any update, at any time, of any information. User must be savy)

This is what DENIC does for +49.  It's most flexible for users, so
they tend to derive the most value from it.  Yet DENIC has repeatedly
stated that registrations are below expectations.  Would more
restrictions make the product more attractive?  I don't think so.

PS: Two of the three 1.3.e164.arpa name servers are lame.
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