Region 17 History

Regions and Nets in Fidonet were started in 1986. Nets spawned nets from their hubs over the years, as more and more nodes joined the net.

Below is a list of all the nets that have been in Region 17.

It shows their original names and evolved names as they changed hands from NC to NC as well as starting and ending full years.


Net  - Name

105  - VanPort Area Oregon; VanPort Net  (1986 to present)
122  - SW Oregon Area   (1986 only)
134  - Alberta Net; Southern Alberta   (1986 to present)
138  - PAC NORWEST; Puget Sound; South Puget Sound; TacoNet; Rainier Net   (1986 to present)
140  - Sask Net   (1986 to present)
152  - Eugene Net; Oregon Net; The Oregon Network; Willamette Valley Network   (1986 to 1999)
153  - BCNet; Pacific Rim; Pacific Rim,GVRD (Vancouver BC); Pacific Rim Host   (1986 to present)
340  - Canada West Net; South Vancouver Island   (1987 to 1999)
341  - Southern Oregon/Medford Metro Net;Southern Oregon (Medford & Points East)   (1995 to 1997)
342  - Northern Alberta; Central Alberta; North Central Alberta; Central Alberta   (1986 to present)
343  - Lesser Seattle Opera,Washington   (1986 to present)
344  - More of WASHINGTON; NW Washington State; The CENTRAL Washington State Net; North Central Washington Net(1988 to 1997)
345  - Pacific Region Fido,Honolulu   (1988 only)
346  - WA Inland Empire; Inland Northwest Fidonet,Spokane WA   (1994 to present)
347  - IDA NET The Last Frontier; CNW NET The Last Frontier; CNW NET; Central Northwest Net, Idaho   (1989 to 1998)
348  - Manitoba Net   (1989 to present)
349  - SoNet,Southern Oregon; Net 349 Host; Southern Oregon Net   (1989 to present)
350  - Olympic Gateway; Kitsap Peninsula Gateway; The Real World BBS,Bremerton WA   (1989 to 1997)
351  - North Island, BC; Vancouver Island; Central & N. Vancouver Is.; Central Vancouver Is   (1989 to 1999)
352  - OLYNET 352, WA; Olympia WA Net; OlyNet 352; Net 352   (1990 to 1997)
353  - Southern Interior Net, BC   (1990 to 1999)
354  - OLYMPIC PENINSULA NET (1990 to 1991);        Southern Okanagan Net, Penticton BC   (1996 to 1997)
355  - Alaska Midnight Sun Net   (1991 to 1996)
356  - Oregon Coast Net   (1991 to 1998)
357  - Mid-Willamette Valley Net   (1991 to 1999)
358  - Southern Alberta WindNet   (1991 to 1997)
359  - North/Central BC; Central BC/Yellowhead   (1991 to 1996)
3400 - Montana Net   (1991 to 1997)
3401 - NW Washington State   (1991 to 1998)
3402 - MooseNet Hub HST,Ft McMurray AB; Moose & Mosquitoes; Oil Sands Country   (1992 to 1999)
3403 - Long-Kel Net, Longview WA   (1993 to 1998)
3404 - North Cariboo Net   (1993 to 1998)
3405 - Peace River Net   (1993 to 1996)
3406 - Outer Limits,Salem OR; Custom Built Systems; Salem OR Net   (1993 to 1998)
3407 - SE Washington Net   (1993 to present)
3408 - Gray's HarborNet,Aberdeen WA   (1993 to 1994)
3409 - Yukon Net   (1993 to 1998)
3410 - West Coast Vancouver Island   (1993 to 1997)
3411 - Mid Vancouver Is.,Qualicum BC   (1993 to 1996)
3412 - Vancouver Is North   (1994 to 1997)
3413 - MidWest Border NC,Alberta   (1994 to 1999)
3414 - IXTHUS BBS,Yellowknife NWT   (1994 to 1995)
3415 - Columbia Basin Net,Moses Lake WA   (1994 only)
3416 - Cascade Net,Springfield OR   (1994 only)
3417 - Net 3417 Host,Alberta   (1994 to 1996)
3418 - Lincoln County Network,Toledo Or   (1994 to 1995)
3419 - Columbia Net,North OR & South WA   (1994 only)
3550 - Aurora Borealis Net,Anchorage AK   (1994 to 1997)


This chart shows the years of operations of each net in Region 17


Net  86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03
105  -----------------------------------------------------
122  --
134  -----------------------------------------------------
138  -----------------------------------------------------
140  -----------------------------------------------------
152  -----------------------------------------
153  -----------------------------------------------------
Net  86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03
340     --------------------------------------
341                             --------
342     --------------------------------------------------
343     --------------------------------------------------
344        -----------------------------
345        --
346                          -----------------------------
Net  86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03
347           -----------------------------
348           --------------------------------------------
349           --------------------------------------------
350           --------------------------
351           --------------------------------
352              -----------------------
353              -----------------------------
Net  86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03
354              -----             -----
355                 -----------------
356                 -----------------------
357                 --------------------------
358                 --------------------
359                 -----------------
Net  86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03
3400                --------------------
3401                -----------------------
3402                   -----------------------
3403                      -----------------
3404                      -----------------
3405                      -----------
3406                      -----------------
3407                      --------------------------------
Net  86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03
3408                      -----
3409                      -----------------
3410                      --------------
3411                      -----------
3412                         -----------
3413                         -----------------
3414                         -----
Net  86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03
3415                         --
3416                         --
3417                         --------
3418                         -----
3419                         --
3550                         -----------
Net  86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03


This page  was last updated on 12 August, 2003