Internet through DTV
Jonathan Hutchins
hutchins at tarcanfel.org
Sun Dec 7 16:30:44 CST 2003
While Zone 1 of FIDONet has largely been replaced by the internet, other zones
are alive and well: www.fidonet.org.
I think Leo simplified the satelite download system a bit, but some of the
commercial nodes did have a satelite service for a little while. The heart
of the system was, of course, non-commercial nodes run by private hobbyists,
transferring the mail between major hubs at their own expense for the sake of
the hobby.
There are FIDONet links over Amateur radio, CB, "pirate" microwave, just about
any communications medium you can pass a signal through. 802.11 is a lot
simpler to configure than the "alternative" links.
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