I’m also particularly interested in how you were able to choose whichever 3rd party provider for your Internet?
No idea if this will take off but it was puzzling me the other day, if you took the time to read this, thanks, and have a great one!
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So, you don’t understand how the internet works. I’m not judging you, just stating that as the reason you seem confused.
The internet works because your computer connects to other computers. What AOL and Netscape offered was a way to access that connection. You would be allowed to access a server that was connected to other servers.
Now, how do you access the server? Well that required a modem that needed a phoneline back in the day.
AOL/Netscape charged you per hour use of the server you connected to.
The phone company charged you for basically making a call for X hours.
They didn’t sell internet through the landline. They sold internet access. How you got there(the phone company) was your problem to sort out.
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