On a very good day, the message can arrive there overnight. Internet gurus may scoff at these delivery times, since on a host directly connected to the Internet, e-mail is sent out at blinding speeds, often arriving at its destination anywhere in the world in a few minutes. In order to understand the process, let's take a look at the Fidonet addressing scheme. Fidonet is composed of a network of BBSes, each with it's own unique address. Internationally, Fidonet classifies these systems according to zones, networks and nodes.
Zones are geographical locations.
Asia belongs to zone 6. Sad to say, BBSing in the Philippines is concentrated only in these major metropolitan areas. For example, take a BBS like Inner Sanctum, operated by Ronald Go and Albert Godinez. This operates out of the Greenhills, San Juan area and is considered part of net 751. At last count, there are around 35 Fidonet nodes in the Philippines.