Discussion List for Freenum/ITAD Subscriber Number (ISN) Project

[John Todd <>]

>  >        Or is "0" the top of the scale instead of the unused
> >  "bottom"?
>
> Hey, on a rotary dial phone the "0" _means_ ten :-) .  And "1" & "2"
> could be for eleven & twelve digit ITADs if we ever get that far.
> That adds confusion and reduces usability... but by the time we get to
> 20-digit numbers there isn't much usability left anyway.
>
>                              Dennis

I think that 2^32 is a bit much - 4-something billion.  I think once 
we're in the seven digit range, we're probably looking at the top of 
the scale given the number of organizations/humans that are 
support-able on the planet.  (I won't go for the bait of "what about 
other planets?" thread; that's a rathole that was flooded on NANOG 
many years ago with IPV8 net-kook discussions.  ;-)

JT