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

Esther Makaay wrote:
> 
> This is a non-issue. These numbers are delegated per-block only by the 
> telephony-regulator. They cannot be split after delegation. If the PSTN
> delegation is terminated, the whole block goes back to the telephony-
> operator and then it might be split when the numbers are reassigned.
> In The Netherlands ENUM strictly follows the phonenumber, meaning it 
> isn't possible to gain any rights or usage of a telephone number or 
> numberblock by registration of an ENUM domain.
> The anomaly of these blocks exists in the telephone numberplan system.
> It's not something the ENUM registry invented to complicate the registration
> System. (To be honest, given all the validation misery that comes with it, 
> we'd rather loose the whole block concept completely.)

	I would have expected that blocks assigned directly in this way
	would lead to a simplification of the validation requirement,
	taking advantage of the aggregation.

	Perhaps I'm missing some key detail?

	/Niall