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Original Message Date: 27 Dec 91 20:48:11
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From: Uucp on 1:105/42
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To: Tom Jennings on 1:125/111
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Subj: IP link Z1-Z2
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From m2xenix!rain.psg.com!randy
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From: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
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To: Matt.Whelan@f1.n3.z3.fidonet.org (Matt Whelan)
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Date: Fri, 27 Dec 91 17:41:09 PST
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Cc: george.peace@f13.n13.z1.fidonet.org (George Peace),
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Thanks to the very friendly and helpful folk at EUnet (helps if you
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attend conferences together), the Z1-Z2 link via the Internet is now
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operational.
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Today, we move only mail for 2:500/ALL and a test echo. We will now
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start the ramp up, lots of echos, all Z2/Z1 mail (Henk will exchange it
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with the official 2:2/1), ... We have every reason to believe it will
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all go quite well.
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Thanks also goes to Henk, who hacked the stuff to make his DOS system
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cooperate with EUnet over UUCP. The interface is seamless, you will
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never know that Henk and I did not do a pure FidoNet connection, as we
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merely ship the packed and compressed *.MOn files via the Internet link.
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For the moment, we are not shouting about it. Some of the reasons are:
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o Z2 is still a war zone, and there is no sense attracting bullets,
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especially as they idiots would probably attack our kind benefactors
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at EUnet who do not need the grief.
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o Sysops will think that it's generally ok to ship FidoNet-FidoNet
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traffic over the Internet. It is NOT. We have special dispensation
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from the particular IP carriers involved. NSFNET, the US backbone,
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has specifically stated that they will not carry FidoNet-FidoNet
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traffic at the current time.
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o The PTTs can actually raise an objection to our avoiding tariffs.
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The defense against this objection has to be researched on a link by
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link basis.
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o Someone doofus will figure out a way to abuse it.
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So, please don't spread it around.
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Matt, we also have consent on this end to do the same for the US to/from
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Australia link, and I gave you the names of the folk down there. Get
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your act together, save some bucks!
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randy
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