BOB ACKLEY : NATHANAEL CULVER wrote:
nc >> brings up the larger question: what's the point of zones any more?)
>
> Since anybody can use the Internet to connect to any system
> on the planet there really isn't any point in having regions, either.  It
> was a much different story when everything was POTS (Plain Old Telephone
> System)

I concur.  The region-model is grounded on POTS and predates the telnetable
bbses that started to flourish.

If I had a perfectly configured point with a specific boss on a laptop and
needed to travel to another part my country or any other part of the world for
an undeterminded amount of time, it would make no sense to abandon the existing
config and hunt for a new boss.

On the infrequent time I visit Facebook, I most often get sent to the host IP
in France/Ireland, 31.13.80.36 (and I am in Canada):

ipTRACKERonline.com IP Address Summary Report
Originating IP: 31.13.80.36
Originating ISP: Facebook
City:
Country of Origin: Ireland


Get your system on the bbs look-up guides such as:

    http://bbs.guide
    https://www.telnetbbsguide.com

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