Text 765, 52 rader
Skriven 2006-05-01 08:55:00 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
    Kommentar till text 763 av Dan Ceppa (1:138/666.0)
Ärende: Situation on R2:50
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Hello Dan.

30 Apr 06 18:41, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> In the past there have been several attempts at point packages
 MvdV>> that were almost plug and play and that didn't bring many new
 MvdV>> point users either.

 DC> It's because points had no say in FIDO.

Nonsense. First of all it is not true that points had no say at all. Not her.
Some regions had regional policies that included rights for points. Didn't
bring them any new points and did not stop the existing points from leaving
either. Second, it is not what those who left say when asked. They say they
left because the Internet has so much more to offer. What say do they have in
the InterNet?

 DC> Why go through all the work only to be treated as an ordinary user?

To save on telephone cost of course! In countries where local calls are metered
it saves a lot on the phone bill. This is the main reason pointing was very
popular in Europe and never really took off in the US and Canada. Over here
over 90% of the echomail traffic was generated by points.

 DC> The reasons for the *Cs begins to go away as ease of connectivity
 DC> becomes easier.

False premise. Connectivity has *not* become easier. It has become cheaper. In
the old POTS days, once we progressed to 2400 Bps, practically every system
could connect to every other system.

Not any more. Nowadays with POTS and IP and without a mandated common
connection protocol for IP, plus so many Pvt systems, it is a lot harder. One
needs to support many protocols and even then it is a gamble if one can
connect. *C have become more important as one haas to rely on routing more
often to reach certain systems. Not a good development IMHO, but that is the wy
it is.

 DC> However, FIDO is still fighting hard to keep a hierarchical system
 DC> that has been out of date for many years.

The main task of the *Cs is to maintain the nodelist. That stands although we
could dispense with a level or two for that task.

 DC> POTS systems are going away.

Not as fast as some would have us believe.

Michiel

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