Hi Ward!

Tuesday June 27 2006, Ward Dossche wrote to Vladimir Donskoy:

 >> WD> What's the technical need then of a zone-1 in that case?

 >> What technical reasons was for create Zone2? Or Zones 3, 4, 5 or 6?

 WD> Good point, although that wasn't what I was trying to get a clarification
 WD> about.

 WD> Zone2? I wasn't there, you'd need to ask some really old goats to get that
 WD> answer but i'd assume that in those days, with ultra-restricted and very
 WD> expensive long-distance calls at 300 Baud with 1200 baud being a fast-one,

Why had not your hubs? Region or network hubs may permit low cost for many sysops...

 WD> it _was_ technical.

It is not techinical reason - it is _economic_ reason! It was
"technical" only if you can't connect to trans-atlantic nodes.

Now it is not technical reason (we have Internet as transfer call) - so, we
can join all FIDO zones at one? :-)

 >> So - rejection to create our Zone7 is only political, no another
 >> reasons.

 WD> So the question was political? Thought so ...

I speak about (your) answer but you about question...

Not only, but with. You was read our question of referenda, that see - it
have political aspect (but its answers was not only political, and social
and technical also).

Regards, Vladimir Donskoy

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