Stephen Davies
2004-Mar-03 13:40 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] ENUM when your country's ITU representative is uncooperative
Hi, I thought it would be neat to put my SIP/IAX reachable systems into the ENUM system. But reading about it I see that its rather centrally controlled within the ITU. My country code (+27) is not delegated. My country has a monopoly telco whose only interest in VOIP is to keep it all to themselves and not permit any other usage. So - what to do? If I approach the administrators for e164.arpa (e164-contacts@ripe.net, apparently) will they delegate 7.2.e164.arpa to me? I guess that they won't. (It would be fun if they would, for some definition of fun (I once administered .mu and the Mauritius telco thought THEY should administer it)). Considering that they probably won't delegate, how about Asterisk supporting a second parallel ENUM tree under a domain that we can control ourselves? Thanks for any comments, Steve Davies
Steven Critchfield
2004-Mar-03 13:56 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] ENUM when your country's ITU representative is uncooperative
On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 14:40, Stephen Davies wrote:> Hi, > > I thought it would be neat to put my SIP/IAX reachable systems into > the ENUM system. > > But reading about it I see that its rather centrally controlled within > the ITU. > > My country code (+27) is not delegated. My country has a monopoly > telco whose only interest in VOIP is to keep it all to themselves and > not permit any other usage. > > So - what to do? If I approach the administrators for e164.arpa > (e164-contacts@ripe.net, apparently) will they delegate 7.2.e164.arpa > to me? > > I guess that they won't. (It would be fun if they > would, for some definition of fun (I once administered .mu > and the Mauritius telco thought THEY should administer it)). > > Considering that they probably won't delegate, how about Asterisk > supporting a second parallel ENUM tree under a domain that we can > control ourselves?Hmm, isn't that pretty much what iaxtel and FWD do currently except without DNS in the way? Basically you are looking for a way for you to get a few addresses/phone numbers pointed to your VoIP system, and FWD will do that, and so will Iaxtel. Granted you will then be requiring your contacts to also use them, but seems that enum is the same way too. -- Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>
Steve Kennedy
2004-Mar-03 14:22 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] ENUM when your country's ITU representative is uncooperative
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:40:09PM +0200, Stephen Davies wrote:> So - what to do? If I approach the administrators for e164.arpa > (e164-contacts@ripe.net, apparently) will they delegate 7.2.e164.arpa > to me? > I guess that they won't. (It would be fun if they > would, for some definition of fun (I once administered .mu > and the Mauritius telco thought THEY should administer it)).Very unlikely, RIPE will only delegate to a "governmental approved" organisation.> Considering that they probably won't delegate, how about Asterisk > supporting a second parallel ENUM tree under a domain that we can > control ourselves?Have alook at freenum.org Steve -- NetTek Ltd Phone/Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 SMS steve-epage (at) gbnet.net [body] gpg 1024D/468952DB 2001-09-19
Duane
2004-Mar-03 17:10 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] ENUM when your country's ITU representative is uncooperative
Stephen Davies wrote:> Considering that they probably won't delegate, how about Asterisk > supporting a second parallel ENUM tree under a domain that we can > control ourselves?http://e164.freenetworks.org See my previous posts about this... -- Best regards, Duane http://www.cacert.org - Free Security Certificates http://www.nodedb.com - Think globally, network locally http://www.sydneywireless.com - Telecommunications Freedom http://happysnapper.com.au - Sell your photos over the net!