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Brian A <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> writes:
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> [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7107973.stm[/url][/color]

Why do we need yet another separate ENUM system? There are already ENUM
projects such as e164.org. The way things are going someone using a
VOIP/PSTN switch is going to have to perform lookups on several ENUM
servers to determine if a particular call to a PSTN number can be sent
(more cheaply) via VOIP instead. Would it not be better to get global
cooperation and have just one domain which can be interrogated to map a
E.164 PSTN number to a VOIP address in the same way as the domain
in-addr.arpa translates from IP address to host name?

Graham Murray wrote:[color=blue]
> Brian A <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> writes:
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>> [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7107973.stm[/url][/color]
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> Why do we need yet another separate ENUM system? There are already ENUM
> projects such as e164.org. The way things are going someone using a
> VOIP/PSTN switch is going to have to perform lookups on several ENUM
> servers to determine if a particular call to a PSTN number can be sent
> (more cheaply) via VOIP instead. Would it not be better to get global
> cooperation and have just one domain which can be interrogated to map a
> E.164 PSTN number to a VOIP address in the same way as the domain
> in-addr.arpa translates from IP address to host name?[/color]

This is the global "e164.arpa" zone. e164.org is an alternative service
which has been popular because it's was setup independently while the
arpa zone has been delayed.

cheers,
Paul.
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paul-at-polog40-dot-co-dot-uk

Sorry to go off track but anyone know what the numbering criteria / options
will be. I'd love to be able t ochoose a number that I like.....within
reason/parameters.

Yaz

On 2007-11-29, Yaz <yza82REMOVE@SPAMTRAPukgateway.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> Sorry to go off track but anyone know what the numbering criteria / options
> will be. I'd love to be able t ochoose a number that I like.....within
> reason/parameters.[/color]

I think you've missed the point. It is a way of representing numbers in
DNS for IP routing - you cannot just pick a number you like any more
than you can right now (without ENUM) - number blocks are allocated by
Ofcom to telecoms operators (PECNs or PECSs) whom you can get a number
from subject to whatever services they are offering.

On 29/11/2007 16:50, Yaz wrote:
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> Sorry to go off track but anyone know what the numbering criteria / options
> will be. I'd love to be able t ochoose a number that I like.....within
> reason/parameters.[/color]

ENUM is effentially a way to add your *existing* phone number to DNS.

"Yaz" <yza82REMOVE@SPAMTRAPukgateway.net> wrote in message
news:N5C3j.45559$6v.3762@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...[color=blue]
> Sorry to go off track but anyone know what the numbering criteria /
> options will be. I'd love to be able t ochoose a number that I
> like.....within reason/parameters.
>
> Yaz
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This is the proposed UK Enum lookup project. There will be no options for
you. All it does is translate your landline phone number to a sip address.

See [url]www.e164.org[/url] for example.

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:50:53 GMT, "Yaz"
<yza82REMOVE@SPAMTRAPukgateway.net> wrote:
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>Sorry to go off track but anyone know what the numbering criteria / options
>will be. I'd love to be able t ochoose a number that I like.....within
>reason/parameters.
>
>Yaz
>[/color]
Memorable numbers can have some disadvantages. When I first joined
Voxalot I picked my own 6 digit, (I chose all digits the same),
Voxalot number, afaik you can still do that. Then I got no end of
idiots who called my number to test their phones. Even when I set up
my voicemail, to ward off people leaving silly messages, they took no
notice. The number became unusable and I had to ask Voxalot to cancel
it. Now I purposely choose numbers that are not so easy to dial and I
have no problems.




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