-=> Paul Hayton wrote to nathanael culver <=-

 PH> On 14 Mar 2019 at 10:18p, nathanael culver pondered and said...

 nc>  TL> modern networks like FSXnet don't use geographic structures at all in
 nc>  TL> their addressing.
 nc>
 nc> FSXnet uses the same ##:##/## structure and still calls them zones and
 nc> nodes, they just, I believe, don't assign them geographically. I'm
 nc> 21:4/123 in Taiwan while my feed is 21:4/100 in the US.

 PH> Correct, the use of zone:net/node is really down to using current
 PH> FTN address technologies, nothing more. Multiple zones are not
 PH> needed at present and as you mention addresses used in fsxNet are
 PH> not predicated by geographic region etc.

The use of Zones does facilitate the administration of "Othernets" 
which came after the original Fidonet zones though.  Right?  
Addressing a netmail to 21:x/x makes it route properly to another 
fsxNet system versus a FidoNet system.



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