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echo: mystic
to: Dan Clough
from: mark lewis
date: 2022-03-01 07:24:00
subject: Routing Info Fixed

 On 2022 Feb 28 20:12:00, you wrote to me:

 DC>>> If you're in Zone 1 (North America), why would your Hub be in Zone 3
 DC>>> (Australia)?  Looks to me like your hub is probably 1:135/300.

 ml>> one's hub/feed can be anywhere... it is not required to feed from any
 ml>> system in one's net... never was, either... much to the anguish of
 ml>> many *Cs/*ECs back in the day... Planet Connect proved that ;)

 DC> Well, yes..... but his origin line is from Net 135.

this one is/was, yes... he also has/had a Z3 address...

 DC> Wouldn't he likely be hubbing from that Net?

maybe but systems can get a feed from any other system they can set up an agreement with... long gone are the days when one supposedly had to get their feed from within their net...

 DC> Why would a person have a node number in a Net, and not get mail from
 DC> that Net also?

there are any number of reasons, really...

 DC> A related question.... why go all the way to Australia for your feed?
 DC> :-)

why not? even from way up here on this side of the earth, Oz is less than .5 seconds away ;)

)\/(ark

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