There's nothing terribly original about setting up teleporter networks -- it comes pretty naturally with inter-room teleporters and groups of people.
The Intercot people set one up on their own. I posted ideas about setting board teleporter networks both here and the VMK fan site, but it only initially caught on here at the Dis. Later on, CL_Tinkerblue was the driving force behind starting up the one at the VMK fan site, with help from CL_MrGenie.
I wouldn't call it copying -- it's kind of like in US patent law; can't patent something unless its non-trivial. A teleporter network is kind of trivial.
Structurally, the networks are sort of different. The Intercot network is a Swiss cheese of mini-networks linked together; the Dis network is tightly centralized to minimize the number of lobbies; and the VMK Fan Site network is centralized, but spread out for maximum expandability. None of the networks, I think, actually get much use, LOL.
I did sort of hope, at one point, that the large networks would eventually be linked as well (a Network of Networks), and dedicated a room in the Dis network to link networks. So far, only the VMK fan site network, and a small one of CL_Becky's, are included in that hub of hubs.
Someybody said:
I have A GIANT question. Why are all these big teleporter networks named after these GIANT discussion boards? For example Dis Teleporter Network (of course) And VMK Fan Site Teleporter Network.I know my friend in VMK and in Dis is in a Dis lobby,and my other friend is in the VMK FAn Site lobby,and both look alike with every room.I mean, it's like people are coping people!