I use telephone numbers, but I don't use a dial pad to dial. And I strongly suspect that my mode of use is the norm.
Since we are talking about an optimization here, as opposed to a functional capability, I think it rather more important to look at the real requirements and optimize for that case rather than optimize for a mode of use that is rapidly becoming obsolete. On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Richard Shockey <[email protected]> wrote: > So what is your point ..you don’t use phone numbers so the rest of the > planet shouldn’t? > > > > *From:* Phillip Hallam-Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 20, 2010 4:42 PM > *To:* Paul Hoffman > *Cc:* bill manning; Richard Shockey; Ray Bellis; > [email protected]; [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: draft-iab-dns-applications - clarification re: Send-N > > > > I don't much see the issue here. > > > > Looking at my AT&T records, I have made about 1000 iphone calls in the past > year. Of those less than 50 are to numbers not in my contacts and I probably > dialed half of those using Safari. > > > > Telephone numbers are not going away, but telephone dialing is already a > necessary legacy thing more than a current requirement. > > > > > > At this point I don't think that there are any telephone numbers I dial > from memory. > > > > I think that the underlying problem here is that the crappy POTS handsets > on sale today do not interface to Internet telephony systems well. > > > > This whole problem would go away if Cisco and the other makers of VOIP > bridges worked out that the real market requirement here is for a box that > plugs into an ethernet port and connects to DECT6.0 telephones rather than a > box that plugs into an ethernet port and has telephone wires sticking out > the back. > > > > That way the VOIP system knows how long the telephone number from the phone > book entry. Your basic problem here is that you are losing this information > by converting all your data to the obsolete POTS wire format and back. > > > > Anyone who wants to do that should further realize that what they need to > do is to allow for multiple boxes on the same VOIP connection in a secure > fashion. DECT6.0 does not have the range to cover some houses and for some > reason the pinheads that designed it seem to think that 6 phones is enough > for one house. > -- Website: http://hallambaker.com/
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