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That's impressive how POP servers communicated across the Internet backbone considering some websites were long distance. I get to read about Erlang now. Carrie
by smittywerben 7y ago
That's impressive how POP servers communicated across the Internet backbone considering some websites were long distance. I get to read about Erlang now. Carrier-grade NAT in regards to ip addresses reminds me of my grandparents had a shared phone-line for their neighborhood. It's funny you mentioned BBS, I think that's what I was initially unclear about. That answers many of my questions, ty for the time.
- dredmorbius 7y agoClarifying: dialing the PoP was generally lpcal. The backbone connectiin was TCP/IP, not PSTN. There are no distance charges, only bandwidth, generally at 95%ile peak "burstable" billing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstable_billing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstable_billing