[Air-l] Research on Fidonet?
Rafal Rohozinski
rafal at rohozinski.net
Tue May 14 14:20:43 PDT 2002
Is anyone aware of any published research looking at FIDONET
communities? While FIDO is a dying technology it was once (80's) the
'alternative Internet' and retains a strong following in Germany and
Russia where it remains a free alterative to the commercial Internet.
Fido is an interesting case study as being a member of FIDO required
one to subscribe to a set of rules, and actively participate in the
technical functioning of the networks itself. I conducted extensive
research on the Russian Fidonet (and internet) during the mid 1990's
for my doctoral thesis (some of which is published here
http://www.unrisd.org/infotech/conferen/russian/toc.htm) and I am
looking at updating the research in anticipation of publishing the
broader findings. Any tips, citations or general advice (or
anecdotes) would be very welcome.
Rafal Rohozinski
rar20 at cus.cam.ac.uk
Cambridge University
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