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U.S. Endorses ENUM

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the giving-up-the-digits dept.

esarjeant writes "It looks like the the U.S. has endorsed ENUM (also known as E.164.arpa). This means you get a single number for phone and Internet, look for demos at Spring VON (San Jose, April 1-3) and VISIONng will be engaging in US trials. Essentially this means you get a new TLD of e164.arpa with your phone number in front of it." The addresses look pretty long and unwieldy, but supposedly consumer devices will make it easier to use.

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  1. Re:International by mpe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well...no. I run a commerical entity that operates globally. This commecial entity consists of one person - me.

    Your "global company", of course, accepts any kind of currency potential customers might have handy

    However, it has no trouble dealing with customers across the globe and it does this through use of its .com website.

    Tough luck if they want to use the phone.

    All depends on the nature of what you're offering (I do a very small scale hosting service).

    "very small scale" and "operating globally" sounds somewhat mutually exclusive.