Re: Fidonet => one unizon
  By: Tommi Koivula to Dan Cross on Sat Mar 23 2019 11:54 am

 > Hello, Dan Cross,
 > On 23/03/2019 4.44 you wrote:
 >
 >  > Re: Fidonet => one unizon
 >  > By: David Drummond to Kurt Weiske on Sat Mar 23 2019 09:03 am
 >  > > I find it interesting that those most in favour of us all being moved
 >  > > to zone 1 - are already in zone 1.
 >  > The zone number itself really doesn't matter.  Arguably,
 >  > it shouldn't even be visible to the end user, though that's
 >  > another matter.  If it makes you happier, why not declare
 >  > that everyone shall move to zone 3?  Or 7?  Or 6?  Or 0?
 >
 > Why should anyone move to any other zone? There are no overlapping networks
 > anymore, so anyone might use any zone 1,2,3,4 or even 6...

The primary reason would be to get rid of "zones" as an
archaic relic of the telephone system.

 > So I could have akas 1:221/360 and 3:221/360 as well as 2:221/360. :)

That's actually not a bad idea.  Then people who want to
cling to their precious zone numbers can do so while they're
still rendered irrelevant.
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