EU Official: IP Is Personal
Jeff Shultz
jeffshultz at wvi.com
Fri Jan 25 16:29:56 UTC 2008
Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> I wouldn't be suprised if in a few years some EU/US law mandates IP
> number portability, just like people have with their cellphones.
> Imagine what that will do to the routing tables. How many /32s can we
> get into the RIBs these days? :-)
>
> -Hank
>
That might work under IPv6 - at which point the question becomes "How
many /64s can we put into the RIBs?" (or whatever number becomes
standard for giving a residential customer)
I would argue however that equating Phone# to Domain Name would be a
more proper alignment - and Domains are very portable. The IP address,
since it is usually only used at the technical level, would be more
equivalent to the switching center/line pair. I could carry on with the
comparison, but I suspect most will get my point. Happily, you can
already take your domain with you.
Oh - and within certain geographical constraints local number
portability is also used on landline phones in the US, not just cellphones.
--
Jeff Shultz
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