BBC: UK net numbering project starts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7107973.stm

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Brian A <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> writes:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7107973.stm

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

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:
> 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.

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:

> 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.

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...
> 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
>
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 www.e164.org for example.

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:50:53 GMT, "Yaz"
<yza82REMOVE@SPAMTRAPukgateway.net> wrote:

>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
>
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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