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From: cunningh@noscvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Usenet topology suboptimal
Message-ID: <346@noscvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Mar-84 23:25:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  2 23:25:34 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 4-Mar-84 04:39:33 EST
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There are complex reasons why many sites do not extensively
interconnect across-country.  Part of the explanation lies in that
there are are de-facto 'domains' within Usenet.

Nonetheless, it would be useful if more sites realized that
long-distance phone rates are not as distance-dependent as they used
to be, and consider calling a selection of sites in very different
localities.  This would increase the interconnectivity of the net
considerably, though, and could lead to some unanticipated changes in
traffic (and some unanticipated phone bills).

For sites outside of North America, the difference between calling one
coast in NA vs. the other coast is almost insignificant compared to
the trans-oceanic phone rates.  It makes little difference, from their
point of view, where in NA they call.
-- 
Bob Cunningham (mail: ...vortex!islenet!bob)