On Tue, 18 May 2010 09:09:06 -0700, Darren New wrote:

>> It's all telecommunications, which is what I think Darren is saying.
> 
> No. ISDN is a computer networking technology. It really is. 

Yes, but it's all about getting information from point A to point B, 
which is essentially what telecommunications is all about.

>> IP address blocks are managed by IANA - a single organisation.  IANA
>> does delegate some administrative tasks, but overall they handle the
>> larger picture.
> 
> And telco numbers are managed by ISO, and then each country, then each
> company, then each local office, because the telco has *way* too many
> phone numbers and crosses *way* too many administrative domains to make
> it reasonable to only have two levels of network allocation.
> 
> IANA allocates blocks to Tier 1 providers. Then *they* split up the
> blocks smaller and smaller. IANA has no say in what /24 you wind up
> getting on your individual cable modem.

Much like the telephone system.  ISO has no say about what my cell phone 
number is. :-)

>> Some people do use it.  IPv6 runs at the same OSI level as IPv4, so
>> yes, it's a direct replacement.
> 
> And that's the problem. It's a replacement, not an upgrade.

Yep, though there are ways of tunneling IPv4 through IPv6 and vice-versa.

Jim

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