Subj : Re: No Mexico?
To   : Ward Dossche
From : Dan Clough
Date : Tue Oct 29 2024 01:46 pm

-=> Ward Dossche wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 DC> Somehow I've just realized something that I'm surprised I haven't seen
 DC> conversation about before...

 DC> Why is there not a single FidoNet node located in Mexico?

 WD> Good question ... there was a region in Z4 once, R97 Mexico, but it
 WD> folded end of the 1990-ies and was lifted in 2001.

 WD> Any thoughts on why/how?

Well, all I can think of is that the late 90's is when things shifted 
away from dialup/modem to internet/IP.  I would imagine that the 
rural-ness of much of Mexico meant that internet access was a little 
slower to develop there than in some other places.  But... that would 
have meant that the dialup modems would have stayed in operation for as 
long as there were dialup connections available in the rest of FidoNet, 
and as of today that availability is pretty limited.  So I'm guessing 
that it just became too hard to get connectivity from many places in 
Mexico, and it faded away.  

On the other hand, big areas like Mexico City surely have plenty of 
internet access, and you'd think some of the "old guard" would have 
wanted to get back into the hobby.  Seems a little strange that they 
haven't.

Does any of that hold water?



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