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|    John Dovey to Wilfred van Velzen    |
|    Re: Fido in Russia/Ukraine    |
|    07 Mar 22 06:37:16    |
      REPLY: 2:280/464 6225daaf       MSGID: 4:920/69.1 6225ee6c       TZUTC: -0500       CHRS: CP437               WvV> Hi John,               WvV> On 2022-03-05 22:01:29, you wrote to All:               JD>> I'm not sure if this is the correct forum, but I was wondering whether        JD>> anyone knows whether Fido is still up and running in Russia/Ukraine?               WvV> I don't know about Russia, but there is enough evidence it's running as        WvV> smoothly as ever.               WvV> I have been monitoring the connectivity of binkp systems in R46 (Urkaine)        WvV> since the previous sunday (27-Febr.). There isn't much change. There's        WvV> one system no longer connectable, and 1 that has become connectable        WvV> since. All others are more or less unchanged.               WvV> But the situation on the 27th was already bad. A large part of the        WvV> systems was not connectable at that time. Whether that was due to the war        WvV> or because of the general state of fidonet from even before the war        WvV> started, I don't know, but I suspect the latter. And there is still a        WvV> large number of POTS only nodes in R46, that I can't test, even I wanted        WvV> to.               Thank you, that's truly helpful and good news.       There are a lot of people who are going to need communication in the area for       the next while that might not be able to use the standard channels.               One option I've been investigating/testing is https://briarproje       t.org/how-it-works/              This is how I was envisaging Fido working when I posted to Future4fido (and       got so heavily castigated for heresy).              All the best       John              --- AfterShock/Android 1.6.8        * Origin: Firecat Mobile (4:920/69.1)       SEEN-BY: 15/0 80/1 90/1 92/0 1 103/705 105/81 106/201 129/305 330       SEEN-BY: 129/331 153/757 7715 218/700 221/1 6 229/110 317 426 428       SEEN-BY: 229/664 700 240/1120 280/464 282/1038 301/1 113 812 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 396/45 460/58 712/848 920/0 1 69 2320/105       SEEN-BY: 5058/104       PATH: 920/69 92/1 301/1 229/426           |
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