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I have no idea why this isn't just your email address. For everyone I want to phone, I likely have this in my "Address book" (Gmail, outlook, whatever) already.
by MattRogish 14y ago
I have no idea why this isn't just your email address. For everyone I want to phone, I likely have this in my "Address book" (Gmail, outlook, whatever) already.
Let me define myemail@gmail.com -> some phone number (aka phone DNS?). Kind of like how Apple does it with iOS Messaging.
If you're concerned about spam, you could in the phone (or in the provider) set up a black/whitelist (allow calls from anyone in my address book).
- itgoon 14y agoI was just thinking about this too. If the networks were up to it, we could have multiple addresses. Not just for receiving, but for sending. A "phone number" is unnecessary.
- andyjohnson0 14y agoThere is an ITU standard called ENUM [1] that allows uri->phonenumber mapping to be represented in DNS, where a URI could be something like mailto:name@domain.com. I've never heard of it being used though. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_number_mapping http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_number_mapping
- antidoh 14y agoWhy not just use your email as the "me" part of the service?