World Wide Backbone Status and Changes
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                                 BACKSTAT.WW

                                Sun 07 Sep 03


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  Contents:
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  1. Additions to BACKBONE.WW
  2. Deletions from BACKBONE.WW
  3. Regional Echoarea Listings
  4. Private or Restricted areas
  5. WWB Zone Hubs
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  This is the status and changes report prepared by WWB, the World Wide
  Backbone. It is distributed in WWB and BACKBONE file echoes, along
  with other information (see below), and posted in the WWB_SYSOP echo.

  The echoarea WWB_TECH is the administration and information area for
  backbone and regional listings. Queries regarding echoareas should be
  posted to WWB_TECH.

  Further information about WWB can be found in the other files distributed
  in the WWB file echo:

    * WWB.TXT	      A quick introduction to WWB project
    * BACKBONE.WW     Listing of echomail areas distributed by the WWB
    * BACKSTAT.WW     World Wide Backbone status report (this file)

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  1. Additions to BACKBONE.WW
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  NEW_NODELIST        New Nodelist-Format and Specification Discussion

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  2. Deletions from BACKBONE.WW
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  3. World Wide Backbone Regional Echolists
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 Filename        Size   Date   Description
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 WWB-BRA.480     1492 08/06/03 Brazilian Portuguese echos via 4:801/161
 WWB-BUL.253      333 16/01/02 Romania Bulgarian backbone
 WWB-CHN.665      964 11/03/01 Chinese echos via 6:65/0
 WWB-DUFR.229    7445 07/01/01 Belgian Dutch/French echos via 2:292/624
 WWB-ENG.253      774 16/01/02 Romania English backbone
 WWB-FIN.222     3272 28/02/03 Finnish echos via 2:221/1 (01.03.03)
 WWB-GER.224    24910 01/01/85 Zone 2 Region 24 German Echos Forward List
 WWB-IRL.226      588 03/12/00 Regional echos from Ireland R26 via 2:263/950
 WWB-ITA.233     8058 14/02/00 Zone 2 Region 33 Italian echos Forward List
 WWB-POL.248     4320 24/02/02 Zone 2 Region 48 Echos Forward List
 WWB-ROM.253     1436 16/01/02 R53 Romania backbone
 WWB-RUS.253      402 16/01/02 Romania Russian backbone
 WWB-SPA.234    10513 05/09/03 Spanish echos via 2:341/14{at}fidonet
 WWB-SWE.220     6810 15/10/02 Swedish echos via 2:20/11

  Bones of Regional listings are generally in their native language. Sysops
  desiring further information, english translations, hub locations etc are
  advised to seek support in the WWB_TECH echoarea. Regional echolists are
  distributed in the WWB_FWDL file echo.

  Naming Conventions: Regional forward lists are prefixed "WWB-" followed
  by a three letter language designation eg: SWE for Swedish. The suffix
  format is . Thus WWB-SWE.220 is a
Regional forward
  list on the WWB distribution containing Swedish echos from Zone 2 Region
  20. Submissions must follow this convention.

  Regional forward lists are controlled by the REC or Distribution Hub of
  the list origin, and as such the REC/Hub is considered Moderator/Owner of
  all echoareas on that list. WWB distribute for the echo owner, the owner
  of the echo retains all administrative control.

  Regional list Owners may include information within the Regional list file
  as to Hub locations, distribution and/or any special circumstances/rules
  associated with any or all of the list echos. Connecting systems should
  read the list file of any Regional echoarea for further information.

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  4. Private or Restricted areas
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  The WWB carries a number of moderated access echoareas. Connection to
  these areas requires approval from WWB Zone hubs. Netmail your Zone
  hub for more details.

  Restricted EchoArea List:

  WWB Backbone:
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  WWB_ADMIN           World Wide Backbone Administration
  WWB_COORD           Fidonet/World Wide Backbone Coords

  Zone 1:
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  Z1C                 Zone 1 Coordinator Contact Conference

  Zone 2:
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  ENET.SOFT           European Software Announcements
  ENET.SYSOP          European SysOp Conference
  POINTKOORD.EUR      Pointlists, point(list) koordination and all that comes
  WWB_Z2              Zone 2 World Wide Backbone Coordination

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  5. WWB Zone Hubs
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  Zone 1: Jame Clay       1:120/544
  Zone 2: Sven Dueker     2:2432/200
  Zone 3: Barry Blackford 3:774/605
  Zone 4: Renato Zambon   4:801/161
  Zone 5: Russell Tiedt   5:7105/1
  Zone 6: TBA

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  Comments, suggestions, corrections and updates to this file should be
  posted in the WWB_TECH echo or sent by private netmail (or email) to
  the maintainers: Barry Blackford, 3:774/605, barry{at}glonet.co.nz; or
  Renato Zambon, 4:801/161, rczambon{at}sili.com.br.
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