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Caching and DNS. When I was a kid, we had 721-1700, a local number that you could call for the current time. It saved you from the long-distance call to the N
by CaliforniaKarl 7y ago
Caching and DNS.
When I was a kid, we had 721-1700, a local number that you could call for the current time. It saved you from the long-distance call to the NIST (https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/radio-stations/wwv/telephone-time-day-service https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/radio-s...). That seems like the local phone company was doing caching.
If I wanted to call a business (or, in many cases a person), I could call 411 (or, in a different area code, 555-1212); they would take my query, give me the number, and connect me to my intended party. Seems a lot like DNS.
So then I guess the phone companies would also not be Title II?
- close04 7y agoJust "offering" DNS services is enough to not be telecommunications even if you may use a broadband connection without using the ISP's DNS or even any DNS (just IP)? Wouldn't a phone company offering you a phonebook (or simply using the address book in your phone) or a broadcasting station giving you the EPG more or less fall in the same category?
- paxys 7y agoExactly! Telephone operators were the equivalent of DNS back in the day.
- OrgNet 7y agowe used to have the local AM radio give us the time weekly