>I don't see whay you can't sell your phone number. You can sell your 800/888/877/866 number, but not your POTS number. Toll free numbers are more like domain names, in that you have to find a provider to host it and to put an entry into the DNS-like database that phone switches consult to decide how to route the call. Ordinary phone numbers are more like IP addresses in that the first part of the number is used to route calls (give or take some portability details that don't really affect this argument.) Your phone company owns your phone number. >If you have a good number (lucky digits, etc.) I bet you could sell >it off. If it's a toll free number, sure, there's a robust market. If it's a POTS number, forget it. This isn't exactly analogous to IP addresses, but the routing nightmares that would result if every phone number were separately portable is similar to what would happen if people started taking their /28's with them. R's, John _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf