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    From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to All on Mon Sep 7 00:05:51 2020

    It has been announced on the news here that following the political unrest in Belarus, the leadership of that country has taken the internet down. I do not know the status of other ways of communications

    If someone entertains links into R45 and doesn't get through, this may be the reason why.

    \%/@rd

    --- DB4 - August 7 2020
    * Origin: Black Olives Matter (2:292/854)
  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Mon Sep 7 01:00:54 2020
    Hello Ward,

    It has been announced on the news here that following the political
    unrest
    in Belarus, the leadership of that country has taken the internet down. I do not know the status of other ways of communications

    I thought Fidonet was not dependent on the internet.

    If someone entertains links into R45 and doesn't get through, this may be the reason why.

    Why should it be the reason why? Certainly Fidonet is not so
    dependent on one means, and one means only, to distribute its
    information. Or is it?

    Fidonet had its own internal "war" a few years ago. A faction
    of Fidonet sysops acting against their own best interests. That
    did not go well. What Fidonet needs is all sysops to stand with
    each other, rejecting efforts to limit distribution.

    Oh, well. Not my problem. All praise and glory to whoever the
    dictator of the moment is in Belarus. He'll get his way as long
    as he remains dictator. And then the next dictator will come and
    have his way. And then the next, and the next, and the next ...

    --Lee

    --
    Pork. The One You Love.

    --- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb
    * Origin: news://eljaco.se (2:203/2)
  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Mon Sep 7 15:10:02 2020
    Hello Ward,

    It has been announced on the news here that following the political
    unrest
    in Belarus, the leadership of that country has taken the internet down. I do not know the status of other ways of communications

    That may be more rumor than fact. Internet service has
    been slow for at least the past few hours, probably much
    longer, in many areas of the world - including the USA.

    I do realize that some folks view Vladimir Putin as evil,
    and being capable of destroying everything under the sun.
    But really. Does anybody believe the president of Belarus
    is his puppet? Nobody can be that gullible.

    If someone entertains links into R45 and doesn't get through, this may be the reason why.

    Oh, come now. Trump is Putin's poodle. Everybody knows that.

    --Lee

    --
    Every Bottom Needs A Top

    --- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb
    * Origin: news://eljaco.se (2:203/2)
  • From Oli@2:280/464.47 to Ward Dossche on Tue Sep 8 11:44:16 2020
    Ward wrote (2020-09-06):

    It has been announced on the news here that following the political
    unrest in Belarus, the leadership of that country has taken the internet down. I do not know the status of other ways of communications

    If someone entertains links into R45 and doesn't get through, this may be the reason why.

    I tried to connect to some of the nodes from Germany and it seems to work just fine.

    ---
    * Origin: (2:280/464.47)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Oli on Thu Sep 10 07:14:11 2020
    If someone entertains links into R45 and doesn't get through, this
    may be the reason why.

    I tried to connect to some of the nodes from Germany and it seems to work just fine.

    Kewl, last time I checked Germany was R20. Has that changed perhaps?

    \%/@rd

    --- DB4 - August 7 2020
    * Origin: Black Olives Matter (2:292/854)