Subj : Re: BBSing opportunties
To   : Atreyu
From : Avon
Date : Tue Dec 21 2021 03:56 pm

On 18 Dec 2021 at 11:08p, Atreyu pondered and said...
 
 At> A> Now that we rely on the Internet to be the bridge between nodes and the
 At> A> backbone of FTN style networks (and many other networks) I fear we have
 At> A> lot of the means to be resilient should a bad actor(s) come along and h
 At> A> city or country by taking down its Internet connectivity. :(
 At> 
 At> Its hard to answer. Its likely that if Internet connectivity becomes a
 At> serious problem, we all would have far greater things to worry about
 At> than not being able to trade silly banter on some net only a fraction of
 At> the world cares for.

I agree we may have far greater concerns but as for trading silly banter... if the poop hit the fan, having a means of getting helpful / serious communications between parties within or between countries would surely be welcomed by folks otherwise cut off. 

Hopefully FTN can play a part in that. The store to forward bit is still just as robust, it's the how to forward bit that is my worry.

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