From: nada@nada.com   
      
   "David Rance"  wrote in message   
   news:ivzZeQB00FHCFwdt@mesnil.demon.co.uk...   
   > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Huddleston wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Has Fido looked into serving as a backup network in case of inet crash?   
   >>   
   >>Fidonet is a mere shadow of its former self.  I can't even remember the   
   >>last   
   >>time I dialed into a BBS.   
   >   
   > A BBS is not the same as Fidonet. A BBS may use the Fidonet or many other   
   > networks (including the Internet) to distribute mail.   
      
   I know what Fidonet is -- I was on it for a long time.  At that time, it   
   most certainly was a collection of semi-connected BBS's.  Yes, there were   
   gateways to Usenet and PCBoard and etc.  But Fidonet is now completely   
   unnecessary -- a dinosaur.   
      
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