On Tue, 30 Oct 1990 18:08:08 IST Zvika Bar-Deroma said: >This may sound trivial but I'll risk it: what is the benefit of PEERing >in the days of DIST2 ? I'm a bit confused and have my own ideas, but >would like to make sure I know what's going on. > a) While distribution via DIST is very efficient the contribution has to go the long way. With peers you can have a host near you. b) In case some line is clogged or otherwise down the discussion can still go on in the "sub-areas". c) If you want archives and/or FILELISTs I think you're better off having them in more than one place on the net. d) Having peers means smaller lists and less resource consumption on a certain host for both distributing and list-management. Well, just a few thoughts on the subject ... Christian