Subj : FTS-1 and FTS-4
To   : All
From : andrew clarke
Date : Sat Nov 10 2018 01:03 am

10 Nov 18 00:21, I wrote to all:

 ac> 4. We prioritise documenting the required (non-optional) parts of a
 ac> compatible node, especially Internet nodes, as they are the obvious
 ac> majority of FidoNet in 2018.

As an aside, I'm curious when exactly Internet nodes took over as the majority 
of FidoNet.

If I had to guess it would be some time around 2005, but it's a complete guess.

From old nodelists it should be possible to pinpoint when it happened.

I suppose to be thorough, you'd want separate results of the number of dialup 
nodes versus both Internet-only and hybrid Internet/dialup nodes.

Someone might have done all of this already?

I only have nodelists going back to 2011. I'll try to hunt down some older 
ones. Suggestions welcome.

--- GoldED+/BSD 1.1.5-b20180707
 * Origin: Blizzard of Ozz, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (3:633/267)

.