-=> Quoting Eric Oulashin to Nancy Backus on 16 Jan 11  11:59:55 <=-

 > aspect...  ;)   And, of course, today, many of the Fido echos are indeed
 > world-wide, from the support echos to such as ASIAN_LINK and even

 EO> I thought most of the Fido echos were always worldwide, not just
 EO> today.  I had always thought it was interesting to be able to post &
 EO> read messages from people on FidoNet who could be anywhere in the
 EO> world, and it was all done via BBSs and POTS. :)

There was at least the possibility, as you say for most of them, but
some were obviously so than others.  :)  And back then, the chances were
much higher that you could tell where they actually were, just from the
Origin line...  :)   Just curious, though... if you were aware of the
worldwide aspect of Fidonet, why was the internet's worldwide aspect so
cool?

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