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From: bob@islenet.UUCP (Bob Cunningham)
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Subject: Re: Mail routing -- problems showing up
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Date: Mon, 2-Sep-85 05:24:19 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  2 05:24:19 1985
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> Besides, only a few organizations (AT&T and DEC come to mind) will have
> their own national transport mechanism to use instead of the UUCP dial-up
> network.  The rest of us -- no matter how many systems we might have
> in 2 or 3 cities -- will still have to rely on our brethren to
> assure connectivity in the 48 contiguous states.  (USA.AK was empty last
> time I checked, and I can't afford a call to Hawaii).

Polling doesn't have to be both ways in order to have a link.  While most
mainland systems may not be able to afford calling us here in Hawaii, we
can't afford not to be connected with the other 48 states, and will
probably continue to poll a variety of different mainland systems from
our end.

Thus, you can also depend upon your brethern to assure connectivity to the
50th state.

While I cannot speak for any potential sites in Alaska, I'll
venture to say that they'll find themselves in a similar situation when
they come up.  On the other hand, they may be able to obtain some
relatively inexpensive connections with sites in western Canada which
we can't.
-- 
Bob Cunningham  {dual|vortex|ihnp4}!islenet!bob
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics