Wilfred,
You could say that Fidonet managed to flatten the curve ...
I believe that when all nodes are checked for being connectable, and the dead wood is removed, and we still have the same numbers... Well one can dream. ;)
The count is about individual sysop-names, not the number of nodes ... real or ficticious.
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--- DB4 - August 7 2020
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