Re: Address "portability"

[Paul Ferguson <pferguso () cisco com>]

At 06:39 PM 4/5/96 -0500, Justin W. Newton wrote:

> At 12:32 PM 4/5/96 -0800, Matthew Kaufman wrote:
>
> > The California PUC has approved local phone competition within California,
> > with the requirement the phone number portability (between carriers) be
> > fully implemented as soon as possible. Making your phone number stay the
> > same no matter whether you're a PacBell or MFS or TCI customer is exactly
> > the same problem as making IP addresses portable... just wait until ISPs
> > are regulated, and they get the same mandate.
>
> Uhm, Cisco, you hear that?

Um, and pray tell, what exactly is cisco supposed to do about this?

I'll write my congresscritter if you write yours.  :-)

- paul