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I was expecting something about modems. ATDT (555)-COOL-BBS (Totally decentralised btw)

• kragen 2y ago
  the nanpa is not decentralized at all, though it does delegate phone number assignment to local telecom companies, and nowadays even to sip providers but yeah it seems pretty suboptimal that they decided to reuse the name of the protocol you use to talk to most cellular modems
  • lifthrasiir 2y ago
    In fact, there had been some complaints [1] about the `at` URI scheme itself as well, even though its registration itself is valid as per RFC 7595 (First Come First Served for provisional entries). [1] https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/expert-notes/at-expert-notes https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/expert-notes/at...
  • badgersnake 2y ago
    > the nanpa is not decentralized at all Sure but BBSs tend to be. And then you’ve got systems like fidonet to connect them up.
    • kragen 2y ago
      i don't know if you've ever been a regional coordinator but fidonet is not that decentralized either, though the pstn (and nowadays the internet) do put limits on how much power such offices can wield each bbs is usually very centralized