On Tue, 18 May 2010 09:51:30 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> 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?

I didn't say it wasn't.  I'm agreeing with you.

>>> 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.

We're doing it again.  Violent agreement. :-)

>> 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.

True, at least at this point.

Jim

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