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wow thank you - that makes sense because I never remebr seeing huge banks of servers. there were definitely a few but I never remember seeing any kind of "rows
by BorisMelnik 12y ago
wow thank you - that makes sense because I never remebr seeing huge banks of servers. there were definitely a few but I never remember seeing any kind of "rows of modems" or anything.
So you are saying (more or less) 1 T1 for every 24 lines or 24 customers?
- icedchai 12y agoEach T1 gave you 24 lines. Generally, early ISPs were heavily over-subscribed, meaning there were many more customers than available phone lines. You might call in and get a busy signal!
- hydrogen18 12y agoI remember getting up early on Saturday mornings so I could get connected the to the local FreeNet before all the lines were busied.
- BorisMelnik 12y agoyes! I remember hanging up and reconnecting like 5x if I 'didn't get a good line' :)
- kjs3 12y ago24 lines. As ISPs got bigger/more efficient, they moved to T-3/DS3 lines (672 lines per). I can only think of a handful of ISPs that went bigger than that. By the time OC-3 and larger channels became cost effective, the era of dial-up was pretty much over.
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