Hello Alan,

On Friday February 28 2020 16:34, you wrote to Mike Powell:

 AI> Daryl is a regional independent node in region 19. He doesn't belong
 AI> to a net, probably because there isn't one in his area.

Local nets are based on "areas of convenient telephone calling". In the POTS
age this usually meant an area where all could call each other by making a
local call. Derived from the "prime directive" of not "imposing undue cost on
others".

http://www.vlist.eu/downloads/policys/POLICY4.TXT

In the age of Fido over IP, it no longer makes sense to limit nets to the
relatively small area of a classic local POTS call. Nets can now cover a much
larger geographical area without violating the prime directive of not imposing
undue cost on others.

The logical thing to do is to blow up the existing local nets so that together
they cover the entire region.

No more need for RINs.


Cheers, Michiel

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