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   Hello Richard,   
      
    AI>> Once an echo is carried by the backbone each of the stars will   
    AI>> have the area and make it available to others   
      
    RM> What exactly do you mean by _THE_backbone.   
    RM> There is no such thing in official fidonet backbone.   
    RM> There are fidonet nodes, and they can have links to other nodes.   
    RM> For the sake of redundancy they should have more than one link per   
    RM> echo, so the distribution is not disrupted if one of the nodes stops   
    RM> forwarding for whatever reason.   
      
   I use the term backbone generally. Whereever you can get a solid link or links   
   is good.   
      
    RM> There is a group of 3 (?) people that call themselves the north   
    RM> American backbone.   
      
   Yes, there are 3 today. In years past there was 4.   
      
    RM> They have NO special role ... if they carry an echo great.   
    RM> If not you can get it from somewhere else ... no big problem.   
      
   No they are not special or official. The NAB has for years worked with the goal   
    of providing and good, solid and meshed feed to the backbone echoes. In the   
   early dial-up days it was needed. They fed the regions who fed the nets and so   
   on. There were also zone gates that transfered mail in and out with other   
   zones. They provided a critical service then and today they still provide a   
   good solid mesh of the echoes for their links.   
      
    RM> I have not read the proposed rules.   
      
   I have not read them either and was hoping I would not see them. I don't think   
   they are needed.   
      
   I only moderate a few areas myself and haven't put any rules in place for them   
   since I don't think they are needed.   
      
    AI>> If folks could post there support for Garry with a yes or no I   
    AI>> think that's enough. Do you, the readers of this area support   
    AI>> Gary? Gary for Moderator? Yes/No   
      
    RM> I have not seen the proposed rules.   
    RM> Maybe I missed it? (if yes please feel free to point me to them)   
      
   I haven't seen any. If Gary proposes a set of rules then we could comment.   
      
   I would propose a simple rule that doesn't need posting.   
      
   1. We talk about the Amiga and related thing here.   
      
    Ttyl :-),   
            Al   
      
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