> Hello, Michiel! (01 Jul 05 15:51, Michiel van der Vlist >> Igor
Romanovsky):

>>>> ION hosts aren't progress.
>> Inter city calls have nothing to do with the matter of hosts not
>> supporting PSTN.
>> But the majority of FidoNet nodes are still POTS only and they depend
>> on mail movers supporting POTS.

>But ION hosts are _PROGRESS_ ! They are our future! It is rather artificial to
> stop such hosts. "Majority" of nodes have not taken part in
netmail and
>echomail distributions. Host must mark or NC node or inter-sity exchange link.
> Within local network we have "local network mode of operation".

> Of course it is _preferable_ that host have at least both - IP & PSTN -
> entries, but _now_ it is not _mandatory_. Efforts can be make to improve hub-
> and host-routing of netmail. In this case we no need in PSTN hosts at all.

>> A host who subsequently removes his PSTN availability decreases his
>> connectivity and decreases the connectivity of the nodes in his net.
>> That is regress.

> It is rather senseless conclusion rather the matter of fact. In practice
>_echos_ are main and the most valuable part of the connectivity - and they are
> never distributed by direct link with arbitrary taken node. Only due to
> _preliminary_ agreement. Thus we can expand this mechanism to netmail.

Well said, Igor.  I agree with you completely.

Take care,
Janis

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