Subj : Tiers
To   : Ross Cassell
From : Frank Vest
Date : Fri Jul 13 2001 10:27 am

On (13 Jul 01) Ross Cassell wrote to Foxy Ferguson...

Hello Ross,


 RC> Hello Foxy!

 RC> 13 Jul 01 08:40, you wrote to MARK LEWIS:

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

 FF> It has been my opinion for some time, Mark, that for any "distribution
 FF> system" employing a central mesh method of operation (as do the NAB
 FF> and the Z1B), only the central fully meshed hubs "qualify" as members.
 FF> This, I feel that the Z1B would do well to drop the "Tier2" title and

 RC> Interesting thoughts..

 RC> Thats what started to bother me in the Z1B, a tier2 not linked to my
 RC> system, actually getting to vote on how I might operate my system????

Real question to me is: Why does Fidonet Zone 1 need a tier??...
better yet, why does Fidonet Zone 1 need three distribution systems.

Another real question to me is why are there three separate lists of
echos for Fidonet in Zone 1? Why not have one official list and all
carry it?

Answer to most of this is probably politics. :-(

I'm not saying that we should go back to the NEC, REC, ZEC method of
distribution, but to have to connect to three distribution systems to
receive all of the echos in Z1 seems dumb to me. Of course, three
distribution systems seems dumb as well.

Personal opinion only.

Regards,

 Frank

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