Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!netsys!len From: len@netsys.UUCP (Len Rose) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: IDEA: reader-initiated sendme protocol Summary: Decentralized.. Keywords: hubs within hubs Message-ID: <8909@netsys.UUCP> Date: 4 Jul 88 06:39:16 GMT References: <270@octopus.UUCP> <9823@g.ms.uky.edu> Reply-To: len@netsys.UUCP (Len Rose) Organization: NetSys,Germantown Md. Lines: 19 Nice idea .. it has appeal. Such a scheme could greatly reduce costs and has the potential for lightening loads netwide.Now all you have to do is find sites willing to be archive servers in each "region" ... If you meet that goal, then intra-archiver links can stay at redundent levels with each other.Speedy propigation to say the least,and it would also provide archive resource sharing or perhaps specialization of services.. Of course,you are also talking about completely changing the face of usenet software,headers,backbone organizations,etc. No small feat...-- Len Rose - Netsys,Inc. 301-520-5677 len@ames.arc.nasa.gov or len@netsys