[Fwd: Re: phone types]

[ginny listman]

On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Linda wrote:

> 
> 
> ginny listman wrote:
> 
> > It would not be difficult to check.  However, a country code is a required
> > field.  If the country code is US or CA, if the +1 was not provided, the
> > software should be intellegent enough to add it.  I want to avoid sending
> > back errors that would be easy for us to fix.  If the information is input
> > via the web, it would not allow you to submit.
> 
> >Does ARIN have a plan for the rest of the North American Numbering Plan community,
> excluding the US and Canada?
> 

Right now, no.  But we will be discussing it in the future.

> >
> >
> > As far as sending a message back regarding invalid information, that is
> > one of our goals.  Ideally, manually processing by RSG should be at a
> > minimum.
> >
> > As far as going back and asking for valid information for the "nomailbox"
> > mailboxes, we plan on doing a re-registration to verify the existing data
> > in the database.  However, this will probably be 2-3 years away.  This
> > rule will be enforced going forward.
> 
> >Having invalid information for POCs makes more work for all parties involved
> including ARIN staff.
> 
> > >Linda
> >
> 
> >
> > Ginny
> >
> > On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Linda wrote:
> >
> > > Would it be difficult for ARIN to check when the template is parsed for either
> > > a 1 or 011 as the leading numbers for the contact number?  If a person submits
> > > invalid information to ARIN and after it is parsed and found to contain errors
> > > a rejection message as is currently sent should be sent to the person so they
> > > may correct their error.  I do not see a problem with asking people to include
> > > the 1 or 011 with their contact number.  As for the nomailbox at NOWHERE will
> > > ARIN ask those POCs to give a correct mailbox now that you have found their
> > > address to be invalid?
> > >
> > > Linda
> > >
> > > ginny listman wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Linda wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The  NANP (North American Numbering Plan) (1+) covers North America as
> > > > > well as the most of the Caribbean Islands as listed below.  It should be
> > > > > the responsibility of the person submitting the contact information to
> > > > > include either the 1 or 011 contact number.  ARIN should not have to
> > > > > take time to figure out if the number lies within the NANP or if the
> > > > > number is an international number.
> > > >
> > > > This is a great idea, but if we want valid data in the database, we will
> > > > have to do some form of checking.  Totally relying on the user to full
> > > > read the instructions, and put valid information on every line, has
> > > > created a database full of bogus information.   I just did a database
> > > > query and came up with close to 15K POCs that have an mailbox of
> > > > nomailbox at NOWHERE.  This is useless information, that we should not be
> > > > storing.  Going forward, we want to avoid storing or displaying
> > > > invalid/useless information.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Linda
> > > > >
> > >
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