*** Quoting Michiel van der Vlist from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

MvdV>  MvdV>> How does it involve Z1?

 CS> It involves all of us to an extent due to the shere size of the shift.
 CS> If nothing else, a node in Z1 can expect a really *big* set of
 CS> nodediffs.  Compressed the Z2 seg is about 200K.

MvdV> Oh boy, why didn't I think of that? A 200K diff, yes that spells disas
MvdV> Even at 28800 over one of those free local calls as the have in Z1, it
MvdV> would take almost a minute. We can't have that can we? Well, I gues th
MvdV> killas any proposal for a zone shift. ;-)

Chuckles, ok, ya got me.  But it comes to mind for me, a poor lil' POTS
site ¨dialing internationally.

 CS> Netmail is another concern.  I'm chatting in netmail with a fellow
 CS> about 300 miles south of Moscow?  It's just about cooking and family
 CS> and it isnt a daily connection, but a shift might disrupt our
 CS> connections for a bit.

MvdV> One can indeed expect mail to disappear into a black hole for quit som
MvdV> *unless* the vast majority of R50 sysops is aware of the change, activ
MvdV> supports it and has the energy to make the necessary changes to his co
MvdV> I does not look like that is the case, so I fear the worst.

One more of the reasons why it's a bad idea unless the region really wants
it ¨and convinces the rest that it's worth it.  Since they seem unconvinced
¨themselves, it's rather moot.  Glad you agree with me.
                                       xxcarol

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