Thus spake "Johnny Eriksson" <bygg@cafax.se>
"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> wrote:
If we were still calling central and asking "Hi Mabel, can you put me through to Doc," no one would give a rat's ass about phone number portability. Notice that no one is getting worked up about circuit number portability.
... or street number portability. Thanks $deity.
That's the canonical argument against address portability -- you can't take your street address with you when you move. ( I suppose now would be a bad time to point out I have a portable ZIP code: it's mine for life as long as I pay for the service it came with, no matter where I move. ) S Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking