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To   : Frank Vest
From : Gordon Lewicky
Date : Mon Dec 16 2002 11:09 pm

 Quoting Frank Vest to Peter Knapper 
 Subj. linked

Hi ya Frank,

Oh-oh... more rambling thoughts! ;)

 PK> As a small diversion here, if you can see a bit into the future, say
 PK> when nothing but IP is used for transport within Fidonet, do you think

 FV> I always try to look towards the future. I can visualize a day when
 FV> the only thing PSTN (note the change from POTS) will be Nodes that run
 FV> a BBS only... no mailer on PSTN.

I dunno about this not needing PSTN for transport. Maybe in 100
years.

Yes, we are switching over to more and more inet bbs's and
transport within our network. Hell, I'll be adding a telnet node
soon. But I can't really envision my bbs going inet only within at
least the next 10 years or more, and more then likely, as long as
I have a bbs, it will be dial-up as well. :)

Thing is, I believe we'll keep PSTN transport for quite awhile,
even if only for a backup in the more advanced countries, and it
will surely have a longer lifetime in those countries which don't
advance to domestic inet capabilities as fast as others.

Then there is always the real threat of a massive inet disruption,
so the PSTN transport should always be there as the backup, since
I just can't see us sitting and twiddling our thumbs if we do
experience a major inet problem. You can bet yer bippy, we'll be
scrambling to re-establish PSTN links just to keep the mail
flowing during the black-out. We'll all moan and groan, and curse
the stars above, but we'll keep that mail flowing just the same.
That's just our collective nature. Could you imagine a month or a
couple of weeks with no mail? I think you'll find about 5000
people doing whatever it takes to keep from going into echo
withdrawal shock.  :)

Cheers...
Gordon Lewicky (Pdk)

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