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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 18 May 2010 09:09:06 -0700, Darren New wrote:
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>>> 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.
It's what all electronic networking is about. (Physical networking is about
getting "stuff" from A to B.)
In what sense is IP not telecommunications?
>> 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.
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> Much like the telephone system. ISO has no say about what my cell phone
> number is. :-)
Yes. I'm agreeing with that, unlike Andrew's contention that it's all
centralized.
> Yep, though there are ways of tunneling IPv4 through IPv6 and vice-versa.
Unfortunately, they require someone to provide you a server, so most such
servers aren't open to the public.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
you literally shooting yourself in the foot.
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