FidoNet

["Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom" <carls@agritech.com>]

        In light of some of the censorship proposals out there (read
Slashdot today); fidonet is starting to look like an interesting 'backup
plan' to the Internet. 
        I know it'd be virtually impossible to *really* censor the Net;
(especially IRC & News). but in the face of hostile gov'ts; fidonet would be
virtually impossible to shut down, let alone censor. (maybe that's why it
seems comparatively popular in Russia?) most gov't lusers haven't heard of
News & IRC; let alone FidoNet. (or even BBS's!). 
        
        anyone here ever touch FidoNet? I just started looking at it today.
(www.fidonet.org). I'm mostly just interested in it from a curiosity standpoint.
        I presume it's very similar to BBS technology. (with which my
experience is rather limited, admittedly).

Carl Soderstrom
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