16 Nov 16 07:57, you wrote to A:   
      
    TK> I was thinking of setting up a BBS network but in a decentralized way   
    TK> by using a mesh topology between the hubs where hub A exchanges with   
    TK> both hub B and C and C exchanges with B and A and B exchanges with C   
    TK> and A. If you see what I mean. Contrary to what is done with BBS hubs   
    TK> like FidoNet where there is a hierarchical topology where hub C speaks   
    TK> to hub B which in turn speaks to hub A (main hub) -- If I am correct.   
      
   most distribution is/was to and from a mesh... specifically a three hub   
   mesh... at one time there was another distribution system that had more than   
   three hubs meshed... all of them were intermeshed and they fed second level   
   hubs which then fed leaf nodes and third level hubs... this other distribution   
   system was also connected to the three hub mesh by a common system... that   
   common system caught all the dupes... then there was a third distribution   
   system that came along... i don't recall its structure but it was also linked   
   to the other two by that same common system...   
      
   one of the other things that has happened in fidonet is that some folks   
   decided to go intermeshed between nodes and there is no real hubs... that's   
   all fine and good as it has finally been realized that anyone can get a   
   connection from anywhere they can set up an agreement... unfortunately it also   
   blows moderator control away where moderators cannot call for feed cuts to   
   disconnect unruly systems... anyway, not all of those systems are fully   
   meshed... the only real goal is for one to have more than one link for an   
   echo...   
      
   FWIW: your description is known as a fully connected polygon... you can see   
   examples at the following link...   
      
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_graph#Examples   
      
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