18 Nov
2000
18 Nov
'00
7:58 p.m.
R. D. Davis skrev:
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Bill Pechter wrote:
> Sounds good... Mine's up... wanna start swapping systems entries.
> We can use Cnews over UUCP over TCP/IP and use the local ISP's for
> connectivity.
Doesn't UUCP over TCP/IP defeat the purpose of
having UUCP as an
independent network? An Internet outage and the UUCP system is
broken. On the other hand, a UUCP network of systems connected via
the telephone network could survive an Internet breakdown.
The InterNet is automatically routed, whereas dial-up UUCP traffic is not. If
one of the nodes you're relying on breaks down, you'd have to step in and find
another feed. The InterNet has not been down a single day for the five years
I've been using it. Even when a trawler cuts off a cable, traffic will be
routed through another network. Perhaps slower, but always there. After all,
that's what the net was built for.
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