[92320] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Fwd: Kremen VS Arin Antitrust Lawsuit - Anyone have feedback?]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Sprunk)
Wed Sep 13 19:09:16 2006
From: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org>
To: "Johnny Eriksson" <bygg@cafax.se>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:44:28 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Thus spake "Johnny Eriksson" <bygg@cafax.se>
> "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> wrote:
>> If we were still calling central and asking "Hi Mabel, can you put me
>> through to Doc," no one would give a rat's ass about phone number
>> portability. Notice that no one is getting worked up about circuit
>> number portability.
>
> ... or street number portability. Thanks $deity.
That's the canonical argument against address portability -- you can't
take your street address with you when you move.
( I suppose now would be a bad time to point out I have a portable ZIP
code: it's mine for life as long as I pay for the service it came with,
no matter where I move. )
S
Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein
CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the
K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking
