Kurt Weiske : Tony Langdon wrote:
>
> We don't even need zones any more, when you look at the size of the
> nodelist compared to days of old. Imagine that?
>
> We'd still find lines to divide us. Pity.

Technically, a zone *is* required.  "Zones" 1 thru 7 have distinguished Fidonet
from othernets as in Zone:Net/Node.

But othernets have not struggled over physical zones or regions.  Just looking
at a few fsxNet nodelist entries:

21:1/10  fsxNet Games + Usenet Gateway, Paul Hayton, Dunedin NZL 21:1/50 
fsxNet-MNET Gateway,  Paul Hayton, Dunedin NZL
21:1/101 Agency BBS        Paul Hayton, Dunedin NZL
21:1/102 Error 404 BBS         Todd Zieman, Perrysburg USA
21:1/103 Micro Link BBS        Lloyd Russell, Maryborough AUS
21:1/104 Shenk's Express BBS   Carol Shenkenberger Virginia Beach USA

Shows a very workable solution.
The "Zone" just identifies the unique Othernet.
Use double-digits in the "Node" part to represent Gateways or Hubs.
Use triple-digits for individual BBSes.

I doesn't matter that the 101 102 103 and 104 are in different countries.  
Very nice!

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