RE: [Enum] Competitive ENUM services

["Judith Oppenheimer" <joppenheimer@icbtollfree.com>]

> I think it is correct that there is nothing to stop somebody
> publishing a
> wireline number,
> not owned by them, in a directory, even it the operator
> managing the number
> has been told not
> to put it in their directory.

Where would they get the information, if not from the carrier or the
customer?

> Also, whether a number is listed or not, the number is still
> accessible,
> simply by anybody
> dialling in.

Not all numbers can be dialed by everyone.  For example, caller ID-blocked
numbers can be rejected by called party, both on calling and on *69.  Toll
free numbers are often area code blocked, so only callers from the
customer's chosen areas can get through.  In addition, the ring-to
recipient on a toll free number is often not the subscriber.

Judith


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Anderson [mailto:ray@bango.net]
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 3:58 PM
> To: Judith Oppenheimer; 'John D. Goodspeed'; enum@ietf.org
> Subject: RE: [Enum] Competitive ENUM services
>
>
> At 10:14 17/08/2001 -0400, Judith Oppenheimer wrote:
> >In the U.S. subscribers of all wireline numbers, both
> portable and not,
> >have a choice to be listed or unlisted.
>
> I think it is correct that there is nothing to stop somebody
> publishing a
> wireline number,
> not owned by them, in a directory, even it the operator
> managing the number
> has been told not
> to put it in their directory.
>
> In the UK, there are several businesses collecting and publishing
> "ex-directory" numbers,
> for example Tony Blair's, etc.
>
> Also, whether a number is listed or not, the number is still
> accessible,
> simply by anybody
> dialling in.
>
> > >
> > > Second, you, as cunsumer, do not normally have any power to
> > > say whether the
> > > number is made visible or
> > > not over the infrastructure.  >
> > > Ray
> > >
> >Ray Anderson    CEO   Bango.net Limited
>
> www.bango.net/00454545
>


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