Re: switches and send-n NAPTRs

"Clive D.W. Feather" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.enum
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Jim Reid said:
>> The particular application where this has real use is standard POTS phones
>> sending DTMF into a switch that uses ENUM-like technology to route the
>> call onwards.
> Eh? Why would such a beast need send-n NAPTRs?

To determine how many digits to collect before querying the database again.
See section 1 of the I-D.

> Where are the  
> requirements and how can this WG assess whether send-n meets those  
> requirements?

The requirements are explained in section 1 of the I-D, particularly
paragraphs 2 and 3.

> I would have assumed switches would have a priori  
> knowledge of the prevailing numbering/routing plan irrespective of  
> whether they used ENUM-like technology.

To the best of my knowledge, *NOBODY* has a priori knowledge of the whole UK
numbering/routeing plan. This explicitly includes the Regulator.

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