PE> If all the sysops only carried what *they* were interested in,
PE> there would be nothing to get! Sysop A might have 20 echos, but
PE> B is only interested in 10 of them, sysop C is only interested
PE> in 5 of the ones that B is getting, etc. 

BL> I really thought that was how it worked... you got the 5 you
BL> were interested in personally, interstate or internationally,
BL> and fed them into the net locally.

PE> Well, that is often close to the truth. But when you "feed them
PE> into the net locally", it means that everyone in Sydney can get
PE> them for no increase in cost, so it gives them the ability to
PE> carry echos they are not interested in, but their
PE> downlinks/points are interested in.

BL> Yair... but interstate or internationally you only import your own.

Yes, you import your own, and then you feed it to the rest of Sydney.

BL> There must be a critical mass to FIDO, below which it begins to fall
BL> apart.

Not sure what that might be.  :-)  BFN.  Paul.
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