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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. Woohoo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  4. no no no!!!!! by nege · · Score: 0, Troll

    ok ok ok , this is becoming unnecessarily confusing. Lets just do this...

    1. implant chip in everyone's head with a unique id of somesort. Make it as many digits / alpha as you please. this will be government issued.

    2. create a new type of internet...we will call it "the grid".

    3. hook it up so that every person is on "the grid" can "see" each other. think AOL instant messenger, complete with buddy lists.

    4. you can "call" anyone on your buddy list, in real time and speak via an ethereal telepathic connection, with traffic being monitored and controlled by "the net" (for performance reasons, as well as to keep the terrorists out)

    5. uhm, well, profit I guess.

    There you have it! Why bother with a new TLD???