[Errant]

Just the HAMs being able to contact and communicate the data packets to each other and to upload them to local BBS’s would be a big step and the most important part of the process.

Exactly. The HAMs would form the backbone. The local BBS's responsible for the dissemination and collecting private packets for uploading to the backbone.

[GeronL]

If we could set up dedicated local BBS’ for communication we could use them for other things in the meantime, like running NetPanzer games against each other. lol. Just to make sure they work.

I don’t know much about setting up a local BBS though.