Subj : Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (238)
To   : Wilfred Van Velzen
From : Dieter Schauf
Date : Wed Aug 31 2022 23:33:34

Hello Wilfred,

31 Aug 22 21:39, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Dieter Schauf:


 WV> It's not directly about ISDN! It's about if nodes still exist, and are
 WV> participating in the network. The likelyhood that an ISDN only node still
 WV> exists is becoming more and more questionable.

That is certainly correct.

 WV> If nobody can connect to it, and the sysop can't be contacted to
 WV> clarify this, they should be removed from the nodelist, just as any
 WV> other node where this applies, ISDN only or not.

That is also correct and we do it step by step :-)

 WV> But if there are regular connects with the ISDN only node, by all
 WV> means keep it in the nodelist.

 WV> But there seems to lie the problem. Nobody in R24 knows the status of
 WV> the ISDN only nodes, and there are no connects any more...

But this is wrong. There are exactly two! ISDN-only nodes (sysops) that cannot be reached. See nodes.024, where they were mentioned.

 DS>> I think we should end this discussion here, otherwise it will end in
 DS>> depression :-)

 WV> It's not a discussion, it's a finding/establishing of facts.

I would rather call it discussion, because I see everything else rather unproven.

regards, Dieter

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