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@brewsterkahle

Wow cool!

I doubt FidoNet will return, and it shouldn't. We could do so much more with so much less now. All of FidoNet would fit on an Arduino. FidoNet was a layer on top of dialup POTS, it had no other connection layer. It was connection based, not packet based.

I am shocked and honestly dismayed how scarce direct phone to phone communication tools are.

BT and/or wifi for neighbor discovery, clustered chaotic routing, store and forward of encrypted bundles, totally doable. THAT would work without poles or towers.

And it would be a great medium for social games and events.

Not my world though.