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Stephen Downes

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It seems like such a good idea: create an internet domain that would allow telephone numbers to be converted into domain names. But the allocation of telephone numbers is highly regulated, and with good reason. But the allocation of domain names is, well, chaotic. And what should the suffic be? .arpa? .int? (My own modest proposal is .downes) But more to the point, how do we prevent the deluge of internet traffic from coming into our phone? Telephone solicitation is already a significant problem (signififcant enough that my own number has been unlisted for many years). Do we need to add spam to that?

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