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Re: draft-iab-dns-applications - clarification re: Send-N

2010-10-21 13:01:05
Lawrence Conroy wrote:

Everyone MOSTLY calls from a small contact list, and the same holds for the
group of people who call them. The goal is to support them when they don't.
I don't know how long a phone number in Marrakech should be. Rather than
place an International call to find out I've missed a digit, I would like
a scheme to help me, ideally before I even get into the voice application.
I guess I could use google, but that is too Web 2.0 for my taste or patience.

As for overlap signalling being obsolete -- it depends on your definition.
I'm pretty sure every equipment provider would be VERY happy if big Telcos
removed the requirement, and the requirement to continue to support it for
years. EnBloc dialling has definite benefits, but until landlines ALL go
away we're stuck with digit-by-digit dialling.

I fail to understand where the really big problem is with dialing.

Privately and at home I'm using either mobile or DECT, and in both
cases I type the number in its entirety before "picking up", simply
because I can edit typos without having to start over.

All of the DMTF-capable phone should have a "#" button, and when
doing navigation in voicemail systems and pre-paid account loading
one often needs to use that button already.

Covering the legacy dialing with a time-out should IMHO be sufficient
to maintain support for *old* equiment and also provide a slight
motivation for end users to upgrade if they don't like pressing "#"
or waiting for the timeout before the connection is established.

Probing each time when a new digit arrives does not seem reasonable to me.


-Martin
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