Re: Internet 2.0   
     By: Khelair to The Millionaire on Tue Mar 05 2013 11:07 am   
      
       
    >      Almost true.  BBSes will probably just be local islands of   
    > relatively isolated folks, unless many of them have exchanged analog lines   
      
   That is sort of the way it was before america online came around.   
      
    > numbers to be used for modem communications by then.  Right now even   
    > FidoNet primarily uses the backbone of the internet to locate and poll   
      
   You are almost correct but you must be young because originally fidonet and   
   things like usenet and what not were around before the conveniance of the   
    internet to transfer the mail packets. long ago in a land far far away   
   sysops used to use things called front door mailers and such to frequently   
   call out to other bbs's in order to send netmail back and fourth from bbs to   
   bbs. back then the bbs was used daily to send and receive email because it   
   wasnt as instant as it is now a days. some sysops had their bbs's configured   
   to do the mail transfers at midnight.   
      
    > connections from other nodes.  If the 'internet kill switch' were hit,   
   The 'internet kill switch' is a rumor and theoretical at that. i am not   
   saying the government does not have the power to order the servers running   
   the internet because most are probably run in area 51 or something. Do nott   
   get me wrong, i believe it is important for it to continue running we need   
   persons like yourself calling polititions out to be parinoid of infringing on   
   our constitutional rights. if no one squeeked their wheels no one would get   
   anything fixed because the politicians would become complaicent.   
      
   networks would revert to dial up connections.   
   it would be slow but i think we would find a way to manage.   
      
    > there would be no way to locate backup modem numbers on the web, there   
      
   that is why bbs lists are usually advertised on local boards. in the day the   
   sysops used to have god by screens for a logging off user to call such and   
   such bbs. now most of the bbs lists really only list the telenet addresses of   
   other boards. if you would imagine every where you see a wep or ip address   
   link to visit another board listing a phone number you may be able to imagine   
   how it was.   
      
    > would be no way to exchange modem numbers via email with other sysops,   
      
   it would be sysops getting together with other sysops telling each other i   
   will put your bbs number on my board if you do the same and advertise mine.    
   that has mutated to how on our networked message bases people post their   
   board advertisements like the pharcyde agoranet. back then that is how acid   
   networks got started.   
      
    > even if you know they have backup modem lines available.  A locally   
    > isolated system isn't worth a whole lot, really; we need to have the   
    > international informational exchange that is provided with a robust   
      
   this is how much the bbs scene has mutated to/from the internet. it also   
   demonstrates how entagral the internet has become and how much of political   
      
   suicide it would be for any politician to "press" the internet "off/kill"    
   switch.    
      
    > network independently of the Internet.  I really wish that someone would   
    > start compiling a list of backup telephone numbers for BBSes that are   
    > 'kill switch ready'.  If I can get through the massive list of things to   
    > do that I have scheduled today maybe I'll try setting one up myself.  :)   
      
   all you need is one phone number of an active dial up bbs and you can get   
   other dial up numbers from that one. that is how we used to do it back in the   
   day. it was word of mouth and grew from there. i remember going to a Radio   
   Shack to get my first bbs numbers.   
      
   Respectfully,   
   Michael   
   ShadowHeart   
   The Savage Empire BBS   
   tsebbs.com   
      
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