On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 07:02:37 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:

>Never going to happen. Pigs and aviation spring to mind.
>
>Ivor

It will not happen if people accept the status quo. If I register a
domain, I get to keep it as long as I pay the renewal fee (a fairly
nominal sum) every two years. I can then continue to use that domain
even if I change ISP or fall out with my ISP. It is registered in my
name at Nominet.

By the same token, I should be able to register my phone number with a
central body (say, Ofcom) and use it with whoever provides my
telephone service or retain it unused if I so choose.

Why should my provider hold me to ransom by refusing to release my
telephone number?

I am trying to get a movement off the ground to get Ofcom to change
the rules so that the end user and not the provider has title to the
number.

--
Alasdair.