Club de TeleMatique des C.E.: Fidonet R27

Note: this information is out of date and
provided for historical purposes only;
The club was the last Fidonet node in Luxembourg.

Intro

You've just had some info about FidoNet, it sounds great and you would like to join. But, as always, where do you start ? Here seems like a good place :-). Fidonet is divided in zones, and each zone is divided into region. Each region is divided into networks, composed of nodes. The nodes can have sub-system which do not figure in the nodelist.
A region corresponds normally to a country. Luxembourg is Region 27. We have only one net: net 0. A fidonet address in Luxemburg is thus 2:270/xx.yy.
Each region has

a Region Coordinator (RC)
a Region Echomail Coordinator (REC)
one or several Network Coordinator(s) (NC)
one or several Network Echomail Coordinator (NEC)

If you want to join the Luxemburg fidonet network, there is nothing easier (elsewhere, see below).

How ?

get the fidonet software somewhere (see below local BBSes to start)
request a point number from a BBS hooked to fidonet (see below)
set the software up using the information you got with the point number
that's it.

You may request a node number straight away, but it is preferable to learn how to manage the software and see how the net works first with a simple point address. It doesn't change anything as far as access is concerned, and the technical requirements are much lighter (not ZMH respect, etc).

CTServe (the BBS of The Club de TeleMatique) provides a ready-to-plug point package to whomever requests a point number.

The following BBSes of Luxembourg were in the fidonet network:

Nodes of net 2:270/*
Status	Node	BBS Name	Location	SysOp	Phone	Flags

RC	25	CTServe	Luxembourg	Francois Thunus	352-292199	9600,CM,XA,ZYX,V34
NC	25	CTServe	Luxembourg	Francois Thunus	352-292199	9600,CM,XA,ZYX,V34
	24	CTServe II	Luxembourg	Dominique Samson	352-408984	9600,CM,XA,MO,VFC
	25	CTServe	Luxembourg	Francois Thunus	352-292199	9600,CM,XA,ZYX,V34