Subj : New results. Much better but still not perfect.
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Dennis Slagers
Date : Thu Aug 07 2025 07:36:12


Hello Michiel!

06 Aug 25 22:06, you wrote to Dmitry Protasoff:

 DP>> Overall, the situation with connectivity is pretty bad.

 MV> In the POTS age it probably wasn't much better. Maybe it was even
 MV> worse. In the POTS age it was not doable to test every node in the
 MV> nodelist for connectivity. For starters, it would have cost a fortune.
 MV> It would also have taken much too long. A full scan would have taken
 MV> over a week.

Did do that for the ABNlist ..  (Checking the Dutch BBS Lists)
In NL we did check monthly the status of those in the list.
I have done it alone but also sometimes with the help of.. And yes it was costing ...

 MV> Nowadays it is a matter of minutes and the cost is zero. Scanning the
 MV> nodelist every day is no problem. It is no longer possible to hide
 MV> connectivity issues.

Yep ..


Dennis


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