Re: EU Official: IP Is Personal

[Roland Perry <lists () internetpolicyagency com>]

In article <Pine.LNX.4.64.0801251047460.24403 () efes iucc ac il>, Hank 
Nussbacher <hank () efes iucc ac il> writes
> 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.

I doubt it. The portability of Internet Addressing arises from the use 
of DNS.

You wouldn't expect anyone to mandate that IMEI, rather than cellphone 
number, was made portable between handsets, would you?

Making analogies between phone numbers and IP addresses has its limits.
--
Roland Perry