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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: A call for the future. Was: Re: Verio Decides what parts ofthe internet to drop
> The phone system doesn't require anything close to millions of routes for > LNP. Instead, at the time of call setup, there is a lookup that performs > the translation between the portable number (which is the logical address) > and the physical address (which to date is still mostly statically > routed using a well-defined hierarchy based upon physical location). and here is where the anology breaks down. a second or two of call setup may be acceptable for establishing a phone call. it would be a disaster on a per-packet basis. ip is a connectionless protocol. before hitting the reply key, think about that. randy
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