Hello Alan,

On Thursday September 03 2015 19:30, you wrote to mark lewis:

 ml>> 1. drop all zones except for zone 1... why zone 1? because 1 is
 ml>> the first non-zero number (zone 0 doesn't make any sense) and
 ml>> since fidonet is the initial base fidonet tech network, it is
 ml>> only natural that fidonet is zone 1...

 AI> The idea of zone 1 does make sense but I don't know if it will fly. If
 AI> I was asked to become 2:153/757 that would be a hard sell just because
 AI> 1:153/757 is part of my fido identity and I suspect (but don't know)
 AI> other nodes in all zones may feel the same way.

If that is a consideration, it certainly won't fly that 85% of Fdionet should
change their address, and 15% can keep it.

If there is to be one zone, it should be zone 2, so that ony 15% need change
their address.

 AI> Would it be possible to drop the zones without loosing our address?

No.


Cheers, Michiel

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