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This might be stupid/crazy, but might it make sense to have a DNS for phone numbers? Why not have 6464680751.cell resolve to a public IP address of my phone? If
by andreyf 16y ago
This might be stupid/crazy, but might it make sense to have a DNS for phone numbers? Why not have 6464680751.cell resolve to a public IP address of my phone? If another phone wants to send it a text message or make a phone call, could it just use the variety of protocols on top of IP?
- jallmann 16y agoYes, phone numbers are a legacy of the old telecom systems. SIP uses user@domain style URIs, and this can be mapped to a legacy number via ENUM, and vice versa. 4G cellular networks are all IP and use SIP for signalling. I doubt phones are publicly addresssable though, the telco probably NATs them. I eagerly await a number-free, VoIP-enabled, IPv6 world.
- tudorg 16y agoI think ENUM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_Number_Mapping http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_Number_Mapping) is meant to do this. It is used by some telecoms.