Jim Henderson wrote:
> 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.

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.
> 
> 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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