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ENUM: Parsing Hype From Hope
posted by michael on Thursday October 10 2002, @01:47AM

AF writes "Prof. Rod Dixon has an article at CircleID, entitled ENUM - Parsing Hype From Hope."

Dixon says: "Few would argue in favor of a global governmental paternalism as the most suitable structure to ensure the best deployment of ENUM services. But, it should surprise no one who has had an arm's length observation of ICANN's activities over the past couple of years that ICANN's effectiveness in governance of a public trust is seriously in doubt. While ICANN's failures may not warrant abandoning the use of ICANN to manage the deployment of ENUM, it is far more certain that without suitable reform, ICANN's inclination would inevitably lean toward quashing the vast innovative potential of ENUM." Read Full Story...

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Re: ENUM: Parsing Hype From Hope
by rhill on Thursday October 10 2002, @04:29AM (#9687)
User #3320 Info | http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/

Anybody who wishes to read more details on ENUM, including how it is currently being implemented and the respective roles of various entitites, may wish to consult the sites:

http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/inr/enum/index.html

and

http://www.ripe.net/enum/

Best,
Richard Hill

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Re: ENUM: Parsing Hype From Hope
by Hendrik on Sunday October 13 2002, @03:15PM (#9727)
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Untill now all attempts to create something like a "single" or "unified number" service have failed.

The reason is obvious. It does not line up well with user needs. I am quite familiar with people using multiple e-mail addresses and even multiple cell phones to serve their various roles they play in society.

This user need for more than one identity in public activities goes farther than the (often joked) social need to have one cell phone for the wife and the other for the mistress.

Without a demonstrated demand for large scale "unified" addressing (and no one has ever been able to show it to me), all traceable to a single person, ENUM is just a pastime for policy freaks.

Personal Note:
I do maintain 7 different e-mail addresses but I have only one cell phone, with a very limited community that has been informed about the number.

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