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At some point we should stop using numbers and use something like an email address.
by thefounder 7y ago
At some point we should stop using numbers and use something like an email address.
- Funes- 7y agoIndeed. Using self-descriptive "handles" or usernames such as @name.surname or @company.city would be great for caller and texter identification, as well as user discovery--if they want it to be public, that is. That, and having to send a request before you can contact anyone would bring some control and protection back to the user.
- epanchin 7y agoHow would international calls work?
- Moeg 7y agoThe same way website addresses work, DNS type of thing?
- digitalsushi 7y agoif we're going to reinvent PSTN, can we also include in that specification an arbitrary length numeric passcode that a number owner can set, and reset, to require for the call to ring through, or even return the SIT if the passcode fails?
- neilalexander 7y agoIncidentally, this is already possible with SIP, which is behind most standardised VoIP signalling. In particular it allows for federation too.