Re: [stir] current draft charter

["Richard Shockey" <[e-mail]>]

>> This sounds like a transitive trust model based on trust amongst telcos.
>
> Not really. example.com gets to vouch for example.com addresses, and the

Unlike email addresses, the relationship between the service provider 
and the user is not built into the identifier.  What you've been 
describing is an unspecified service in the background that establishing 
this relationship.  It's key because it authorizes the provider to vouch 
for use of the number.


[RS> ] Dave this is a very good point which creates part of the complication
here. There is a very specific relationship between service provider and the
number that traditional Internet naming and addressing abstracts. The number
is Owned by the nation state. Though the delegation process is different for
each there are some exceptions such as the wholesale numbering markets where
a provider sells blocks to an alternative service provider.. Skype, Google
Voice, WhatsApp etc. Even in those cases the number is traditionally tied to
the wholesale service provisioning by the originating provider.  This
situation created issues around who has access to national numbering
resources that has caused endless regulatory disputes.   If you are bored
sometime  you can do a search on FCC and Vonage ..