[aprssig] time for APRS second generation network?

[Jason Winningham]

> 3) Anything else is *taught* to be simply BAD PRACTICE

Aren't we already teaching that WIDEN-N, N>2 (or 3 or 4, depending on 
location) is bad practice?

> Half of the value of the New n-N paradigm is simply that
> it forces a clean start and a clean set of user recommendations.

Agreed, but it also complicates user configuration, makes education 
more difficult because of the extra rules, "fixes" WIDEN-N abuse simply 
by jerking the rug out from under the abusers, and doesn't address the 
lack of intelligent infrastructure nodes in the network.

I'm not saying the new n-N (or anything else about APRS) is bad, I'm 
just saying that in order for APRS to continue to mature (or continue 
to exist) we need to think about the next generation of network to 
support APRS.

-Jason
kg4wsv