OneNet
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OneNet is a network of bulletin board systems (BBSs) where message forums (known as conferences) were replicated across systems. For example, a user on a FirstClass BBS in Boston can post a message to a forum and a user on another BBS can read and reply to the message allowing the conversation to span more than one BBS. The concept is similar to FidoNet. OneNet also allows for email to be sent directly from a user on one OneNet Member Network system to a member on another OneNet Member Network system. The network began with five systems as of October, 1992, increased to 191 systems as of June, 1993, and over 340 systems by 1994, with an estimated 350,000 users.
The OneNet Map
The mechanics of the OneNet Member Network are really very simple. A few systems act as a "Super-Hub." That is "hub," as in the hub of a wheel. The center point. Other systems connect to these hubs, and other systems connect to them. The hub is considered the top of the link, with the other systems connected like "spokes." Information flows outward to the systems connected to it, thus, each spoke is a "downward" link. In other words, the systems connected directly to the hub systems are "downstream" from the hub. Each system, from the hub outward is downstream from the system before it. Each system administrator is responsible for the system immediately downstream. So, when you are plugged into OneNet, the system you connect to that is located between you and the hub is upstream from you and responsible for your system.
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- ^ (2004-03-28) "OneNet Member Network". Retrieved Feb 17, 2006.
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- ^ (2007-02-15) "OneNet Map". Retrieved Feb 15, 2007.
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