OK, I read the “what is Fidonet” part but I don’t understand it.
What is Fidonet? in English please.
Sort of a "pre-Internet" network of e-mail servers that used phone lines and modems to allow relaying e-mails between servers.
Very primitive compared to what we have now...but it doesn't depend upon the government controlled and monitored Internet
Along with that is the idea of logging on to bulletin board servers using phone networks and modems...slower and less convenient, but there is no dependence on the Internet
Try this one: http://en.allexperts.com/e/b/bu/bulletin_board_system.htm