Re: Tired of Waiting
Patrick Greenwell <patrick@namesecure.com> Wed, 15 July 1998 16:40 UTC
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Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 09:12:29 -0700
From: Patrick Greenwell <patrick@namesecure.com>
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
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Subject: Re: Tired of Waiting
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On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > Patrick Greenwell writes: > > On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > > > > PS: Didn't we just have the US Congress mandate "number portability" for > > > local phone companies to prevent just this kind of "lock-in" - and for much > > > the same reason, which is that it's much harder to change your phone number > > > than your credit card number. > > > > Please, when customers are guaranteed IP portability, let me know.... > > Phone numbers aren't like IP addresses. IP addresses are much more > like routing information -- the stuff that is permanent in the IP > world is the domain name, not the IP address. Phone numbers aren't like routing information? Then why do we have area codes and exchange prefixes? Further, I would love to have a truly permanent, portable IP address(es). I imagine lots of folks would. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Patrick Greenwell (800) 299-1288 v Systems Administrator (925) 377-1414 f NameSecure \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
- Re: Tired of Waiting Noel Chiappa
- Re: Tired of Waiting Christopher Ambler
- Re: Tired of Waiting nicnic
- Re: Tired of Waiting Robert Shaw
- Re: Tired of Waiting Christopher Ambler
- Re: Tired of Waiting Simon Higgs
- Re: Tired of Waiting Roeland M.J. Meyer
- Re: Tired of Waiting Roeland M.J. Meyer
- Re: Tired of Waiting Patrick Greenwell
- address portability Steven M. Bellovin
- Re: address portability Patrick Greenwell
- Re: address portability John Day
- Re: address portability Patrick Greenwell
- Re: Tired of Waiting Christopher Ambler
- Re: Tired of Waiting Jeff Williams
- Re: address portability Simon Spero
- Re: Tired of Waiting Christopher Ambler