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Fidonet Statistics
By: Frank Vest <flv@texoma.net>

In playing Reporter for the Fidonews, I'll take topics for many places and search for them if need be. This one came across my desk from a friend and I thank him for pointing me at it. :)

There has been chatter, discussion and even some down right bickering about statistics in Fidonet. Sometimes it over how many did what, who wants this versus that and such. Sometimes it's interesting to me, sometimes not. One topic that might be of interest to many is the growth/decline of Fidonet through the years.

I'm not sure if this Web Page was designed with this purpose in mind, but I found it interesting just the same. Point your Web Browser to "http://goodolddaysbbs.etowns.net/fidonet.htm" [faulty URL [jb 4/24/01]] and look this over. The page is not fancy, but it does track the growth and decline of Fidonet from the beginning to current year. The stats are gathered and sorted into Zones and there is even a percentage of growth/decline section. Where possible, the Nodelist from as close to the first of each year tracked was used. In some cases, that wasn't possible and a later Nodelist was used. This is noted in the stats.

One of the things I found interesting was that between the year 1984 and 1985, Fidonet actually lost a couple of Nodes. Imagine that! :-)

Ok, I'll shut up now and let you get to this page. Remember: http://goodolddaysbbs.etowns.net/fidonet.htm [faulty URL [jb 4/24/01]]

With best regards,

Frank

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