Subj : WWB
To   : August Abolins
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Sat Apr 10 2021 09:20 am


09 Apr 21 17:20, August Abolins wrote to mark lewis:

 AA> Hello mark!

 AA> ** On Thursday 08.04.21 - 22:21, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

 ml>> ...at one time, all of the backbones required an echo to be
 ml>> listed in the echolist before deciding if the echo would be
 ml>> carried on the backbone in question... there were three
 ml>> main ones, that i recall... they are/were the NAB, Z1B, and
 ml>> WWB...

 AA> I found that part very confusing back in the day.  I started and
 AA> moderated at least one echo IEEE for a while.

 ml>> matt bedynek's system interfaced with all three of
 ml>> them to facilitate comms between them... not only routed
 ml>> netmail but the echos that were carried on them... his
 ml>> system really put in some work in those days :)

 AA> I don't remember that detail.  What did the letters in "WWB"
 AA> stand for?

"World Wide Backbone". You can still find some old lists in my bbs, freq WWB-*.*

The list 'WWB-FIN.222' has been generated every month since.. Well, forever. :)

'Tommi

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