I remember running a FIDOnet node for a while in the late 80's/early 90's timeframe. Figuring out long distance vs. local prefixes and next-hop's was half of t

I remember running a FIDOnet node for a while in the late 80's/early 90's timeframe. Figuring out long distance vs. local prefixes and next-hop's was half of the fun of it. Routing data long distances while evading long-distance phone charges felt rewarding in a way.