>> My point is that ISDN is a point-to-point system, so it doesn't have a 
>> concept of network addresses.
> 
> WTF?  What are you smoking?  And can I have some?
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISDN

So... it's a large page of jargon that I don't really understand. What 
specifically am I looking at?

>> Having a global network without addresses doesn't really work.
> 
> You *have* heard of phone numbers, haven't you?

Relevance?

>> And that's kind of my point: All the other network systems were 
>> designed for networks that are "small", where it's feasible to keep 
>> track of all the addresses by hand. None of them really supported 
>> having several networks connected together, managed independently.
> 
> So, when you make a phone call to someone in the USA, you think there's 
> one group of people managing the undersea cable, the wire going into 
> your building, and the cell phone towers talking to the cell phone in 
> the USA?

All of the other *computer* network systems were designed for small 
networks. Sheesh...

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