Re: EU Official: IP Is Personal

[Jeff Shultz <jeffshultz () wvi com>]

Hank Nussbacher wrote:

> 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.  
> Imagine what that will do to the routing tables.  How many /32s can we 
> get into the RIBs these days?  :-)
>
> -Hank

That might work under IPv6 - at which point the question becomes "How 
many /64s can we put into the RIBs?"  (or whatever number becomes 
standard for giving a residential customer)

I would argue however that equating Phone# to Domain Name would be a 
more proper alignment - and Domains are very portable. The IP address, 
since it is usually only used at the technical level, would be more 
equivalent to the switching center/line pair. I could carry on with the 
comparison, but I suspect most will get my point. Happily, you can 
already take your domain with you.

Oh - and within certain geographical constraints local number 
portability is also used on landline phones in the US, not just cellphones.

--
Jeff Shultz