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   Message 1,051 of 1,840   
   John Dovey to Wilfred van Velzen   
   Re: Fido in Russia/Ukraine   
   07 Mar 22 06:37:16   
   
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    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   
      
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