Subj : Re: Packet Radio
To   : Avon
From : JF
Date : Fri Jan 22 2021 03:48:50

 Av> My ideal would be (as part of a wider plan of communications resilience)
 Av> to have bbs FTN running over RF packet as a wider option for people to
 Av> connect should TCP/IP over 'mainstream' internet channels be taken down
 Av> due to act of god or man etc..

Amen! I'm very interested in this, and I've been pondering about it for a
while. What I imagine is something equivalent to how BBS used to work: mail
would be transferred from BBS to BBS over the phone lines, from point to
point, in such a way as to avoid any long distance charges. The same could be
done with RF: transfer FTN messages from one VHF station to the other (or
maybe even HF), so that we don't necessarily depend on the internet in
case of an emergency. Mail could be routed via different mediums, and there
would be a mechanism in place to avoid duplicates and figure out the best
path (Internet, phone, HF, VHF, etc.).

JF

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