[Dundi] number assignement

[Steve Kann]

Florian Overkamp wrote:

>Hi,
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>Distributed number discovery by itself does not remove the 
>>need for a centralized organization, there still needs to be 
>>an authority that assigns unique [VOIP telephone] numbers right?
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>>Otherwise, how can the peers of the dundi network make sure 
>>there are no duplicated numbers in the network?
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>Ehm, many people have 'real' numbers assigned to them by their respective
>national telecoms agency's or whatnot, and wish to disclose those numbers
>using DUNDi. If one wants to use 'faked' numbers, the only thing that we
>should be aware of is:
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>- Never collide with ITU numbering plans
>- Never collide with each other
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>Easiest way to do this is to take one or a few real numbers, and add
>suffixes to them.
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If this is the only way to establish numbers, it doesn't really solve 
this problem:

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2. ENUM requires some entity to provide the service of managing the root 
ENUM domain (e.g. e164.arpa) and requires authorities for each 
delegation (e.g. a single entity must be responsible for 
6.5.2.1.e164.arpa and provide any delegations thereof). This entity is 
free to impose a charge, tax, etc for this service and everyone is 
dependent upon how well this entity runs the service.
== snip ==

Because in this case, you are still at the mercy of some monopoly to 
administer to you an ITU plan number.  (yes, you can then create as many 
suffixes as you want with your scheme, for no additional cost, but the 
same would be true if you had 6.5.2.1.e164.arpa assigned to you..

(sorry if I've been playing devil's advocate here)..

-SteveK


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