> > The proposal to use names and not numbers breaks down when you want the rest of the world to follow suit, because it's not technically possible within IP, o

> > The proposal to use names and not numbers breaks down when you want the rest of the world to follow suit, because it's not technically possible within IP, only on top of IP. > This is exactly my point. In which case, refer to my original response to your proposal - it's not practical to slow down every networking device in the world by a large factor. It's like asking "why aren't we commuting at 1/3 the speed of light?": it's neither feasible nor practical. Sure, it's possible, in that the physics involved make it possible, but not practical, because the limiting factor is not the physics involved.