[2403] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Address "portability"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik-Jan Bos)
Fri Apr 5 14:04:17 1996
To: Peter Lothberg <roll@stupi.se>
Cc: Eric Kozowski <kozowski@structured.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 05 Apr 1996 13:05:58 +0700.
From: Erik-Jan Bos <erik-jan.bos@surfnet.nl>
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 21:00:47 +0200
Peter,
> > What is the general consensus of this group regarding the "portability" of
> > addresses in the 204/8 and 205/8 range?
>
> Portable addresses is an illusion, as it does no scale.
>
> Give me a call when you convinced the phone_company to make my
> phone number work in California.
Maybe this is considered poorman's portability, but:
When I take my GSM-phone to Hong Kong (or to Stockholm) my grandmother
is still able to give me a call while I am there on the same number as
when I am at home... Address portability at work...
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Erik-Jan.
