Subj : Tiers
To   : MARK LEWIS
From : FOXY FERGUSON
Date : Fri Jul 13 2001 01:40 am

ML> are you seeing something in the above that i'm not seeing?
ML> all ross was saying is that one doesn't need to feed from
ML> the Z1B to be a Z1B hub...

It has been my opinion for some time, Mark, that for any "distribution
system" employing a central mesh method of operation (as do the NAB and
the Z1B), only the central fully meshed hubs "qualify" as members. This,
I feel that the Z1B would do well to drop the "Tier2" title and position
altogether and simply list whichever hubs have direct connects with Tier1
nodes as "connections". Various "levels" of member hubs harkens back to
the time when echomail only came into the net from an NEC who fed from an
REC or RHub who fed from one of three so-called "stars". This is long
outdated. What good does it do to continue to cling to obsolete concepts?
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