Hi *Nancy Backus*,   
      
    NB>>> Oh, I've been around Fido for years...  I learned to have always some   
    NB>>> sort of backup to, if nothing else, see if my messages have made it out   
    NB>>> anywhere else...   So I always have been getting my messages from at   
    NB>>> least 2 bbs's, and always have my messages included in the packet.  But   
    NB>>> I tend to only send out from one bbs, usually...  until a time like   
    NB>>> this.  And then I don't know how reliable or not a place is for sending   
    NB>>> out messages until I actually try them out.  But, yes, I've got things   
    NB>   (snipping/editing occurred...)   
      
    SR>> I use 3 different links but I have a feeling that they all link anyway   
      
    NB> True, with the internet as a vehicle for the feeds, there's more linking   
    NB> than one might think at first thought...  Like, Craig at Chowdanet in RI   
    NB> feeding from Jack in GA...  So yours might* be all linked, especially if   
    NB> they are all in the same region.  But it's not necessarily the case,   
    NB> other than the ultimate linking of the entire echo system.... :)  At the   
    NB> moment, I grab message packets (which at minimum contain DADS, MEMORIES   
    NB> and whatever's left of the genealogy areas, unless not carried by that   
    NB> bbs) from a number of BBS's, from all over...  Doc's Place in Florida,   
    NB> Fidotel in Virginia, Thunderbolt in Arkansas (doesn't have DADS,   
    NB> though), Juxta in Canada (Quebec?), Holodeck here in Rochester NY, as   
    NB> well as Chowda in Rhode Island.  I used to poll at Fonix in England,   
    NB> too, until he went down.  There's enough variation in the feed that I   
    NB> doubt that they are all linked (and besides, they don't all go down   
    NB> together, either.... ).     
      
    NB> Telnet gives what is essentially local access to bbs's that I couldn't   
    NB> afford to dial-up long distance...    
      
      
   I never use dialup access to anything it is far to expensive over here. I like   
   have different links but must get a zone 1 link again as that will help a lot   
      
   Sean   
   Strange things happen under the minight sun   
   When men and dogs go hunting for gold   
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    * Origin: There Can Only Be 1 (2:263/950)