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		icedchai 46 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Own DNS Server at Home – Part 1: IPv4 A trick some ISPs used in the 90's was a "data over voice" call, which ran at 56K but was charged voice rates instead of data rates. That meant the call was generally free. The improved latency of ISDN made a huge difference compared to a 56K modem.

slow_typist 46 days ago [–]

True, the nominal 8 k weren’t much of a change but the cut down on latency made a big difference especially while „surfing the web“.

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