Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!webber
From: webber@aramis.rutgers.edu (Bob Webber)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: The USENET Backbone (Updated: 18 May 1988)
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Date: 5 Jun 88 03:50:19 GMT
References: <4245@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> <7348@swan.ulowell.edu> <13708@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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In article <13708@comp.vuw.ac.nz>, duncan@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Duncan McEwan) writes:
> ...
> From spaf's recent backbone map posting (<4245@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>) ...
> 
> >A Usenet "backbone" site is one which exchanges every (non-local) news
> >article it receives with at least two other backbone sites; or which is
> >the main newsfeed for a particular geographical area (e.g., Australia)
>      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Yeah.  Purdue is the gateway into the geographic area of West Lafayette,
Indiana (slightly smaller than New Zealand).

> 
> New Zealand - that's a geographical area somewhat distant from North
> America.  Check us out in your atlas - we're just to the right of Australia. 

Actually, flying in from the West Coast, it is either right in front
of Australia or a bit to the left of Australia.

---- BOB (webber@athos.rutgers.edu ; rutgers!athos.rutgers.edu!webber)