> On 30 Jan., 11:25, John Henderson <jhenRemoveT...@talk21.com> wrote:
> It's either numeric or alphanumeric. You're limited to 10
> octets of address space, so for an alphanumeric address, that's
> 11 characters maximum (only 11 whole septets will fit into 10
> octets). An octet is 8 bits, and each alphanumeric character
> takes up a septet (7 bits).
>
> Numeric addresses use only 4 bits (a semi-octet) per digit, so
> have a more generous 20 digit address space.

Hi John,

Thanks a lot! This was exactly what I needed to know :-)

/Peter