I dunno... when I was in school I remember Northern Asia being described
pretty much as everything west of the Ukraine, at least until the fall of
the USSR.

Maybe boundaries have seemed to change by politics but I don;t subscribe to
it.  Seems an awful westward stretch fromt he Europe and Asia I was taught
about.


 PL>> Well... then as he has been saying, the Russian portion of
 PL>> FidoNet that resides in Asia should migrate to Zone 6 where
 PL>> they actually belong in the first place then.  How they ever
 PL>> ended up being part of Z2 when geographicly they are not in
 PL>> the coverage area is beyond me in the first place.  That's the
 PL>> realistic part of it.

 ml> the problem with this is the "old" country boundaries... remember,
 ml> the USSR claimed a huge portion as their area... remember also that
 ml> zones were originally set up on "country" boundaries... actually,
 ml> that would be *continental* boundaries... that begs the question of
 ml> where the continent of asia and the continent of europe are
 ml> seperated? then one must also take into account that many things,
 ml> ie: nets, were setup via "local calling areas" as well as
 ml> friendship and local connectivity...

 ml> it gets to be a real stew in the pot before too long O:)

 ml> )\/(ark


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