Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't phone numbers use DNS?
by Spooky23 on Thursday June 12, 2014 @05:01PM
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Historically, AT&T sold phone number data. There was no interest in an open directory system, because they provide a closed loop.
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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't phone numbers use DNS?
by CMCDragonkai on Thursday June 12, 2014 @10:31PM
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But if we could, imagine auctioning the best domains! Then country level domains could be used as the root.