Subj : Re: No Mexico?
To : Ward Dossche
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sun Nov 03 2024 09:09 am
Re: Re: No Mexico?
By: Dan Clough to Ward Dossche on Tue Oct 29 2024 01:46 pm
> DC> Somehow I've just realized something that I'm surprised I haven't seen
> DC> conversation about before...
>
> DC> Why is there not a single FidoNet node located in Mexico?
> WD> Good question ... there was a region in Z4 once, R97 Mexico, but it
> WD> folded end of the 1990-ies and was lifted in 2001.
>
> WD> Any thoughts on why/how?
> Well, all I can think of is that the late 90's is when things shifted
> away from dialup/modem to internet/IP. I would imagine that the
> rural-ness of much of Mexico meant that internet access was a little
> slower to develop there than in some other places. But... that would
> have meant that the dialup modems would have stayed in operation for as
> long as there were dialup connections available in the rest of FidoNet,
> and as of today that availability is pretty limited. So I'm guessing
> that it just became too hard to get connectivity from many places in
> Mexico, and it faded away.
>
> On the other hand, big areas like Mexico City surely have plenty of
> internet access, and you'd think some of the "old guard" would have
> wanted to get back into the hobby. Seems a little strange that they
> haven't.
>
> Does any of that hold water?
