Digital subscriber line
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Nov 2, 2026
Sean HollisterGUEST
It's really not about your internet speed anymore, unless your internet speed is very terrible.
Sean HollisterGUEST
If you're on DSL, still somehow, I'm sorry, and it's not going to be for you.
Sean HollisterGUEST
Cellular is also a problem.
Sean HollisterGUEST
But again, it's not because of the bandwidth.
Jay BellGUEST
Yeah, fair question.
Jay BellGUEST
So I was working for a local telephone company doing installation repair, and then I was one of the first DSL installers in the country, and then I was doing business service tech work.
James BenhamHOST
Oh, that would be digital subscriber line for those of you who are noobs and don't remember that era.
James BenhamHOST
We had ISDNs, DSL, we had dial-up before that.
James BenhamHOST
I ran an internet service provider that was all dial-up.
James BenhamHOST
DSL was a dream.
James BenhamHOST
Yeah.
Jay BellGUEST
So I actually finished my degree while working for the phone company.
Braden RussellHOST
You just had to worry about always having busy signals because the phone line was always in use.
Braden RussellHOST
Then they flip over to DSL.
Braden RussellHOST
and cable modem.
Braden RussellHOST
And when you had the opportunity to flip over to DSL or cable modem, then you added a new bill onto your monthly bills of all of a sudden now I'm paying this extra bill for internet.
Braden RussellHOST
I'm not, you know, my cable bill didn't go down because I added internet.
Braden RussellHOST
My phone line bill didn't go down because I added internet.
Braden RussellHOST
I just added an additional bill for internet and then I just kept paying more over the years because I wanted more bandwidth or faster speeds or whatever.
Braden RussellHOST
went from DSL to cable modem and, and beyond.
David VogelpohlGUEST
People could dial into them with your dial-up routers if, and modems, if you will, and, uh, and you could sell access to the internet.
David VogelpohlGUEST
But then in the early 2000s, the world started to shift towards broadband, and in the US, this meant DSL, so, uh, internet over your old phone line, if you will, and then cable modems.
David VogelpohlGUEST
And, um, what happened is a lot of these, uh, early ISPs that came into existence in the dial-up era were basically boxed out of existence in the cable modem and DSL world.
David VogelpohlGUEST
And so there were all these upstart ISPs that were basically kind of being pressured, almost put out of business.
David VogelpohlGUEST
A lot of them actually are out of business today.
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David VogelpohlGUEST
And so in the, um, Apple and Google universe, the reason why they feel justified to provide, um, really, really strict gatekeeper functionality on their devices is because they feel they're bringing the eyeballs, they're bringing the audience.
Jesse PaliottoHOST
Mm-hmm.
David VogelpohlGUEST
Um, it's similar to how, remember how I said the cable TV companies and cable modem companies and DSL companies didn't wanna give access to all the dial-up ISPs? It's the same thing.
speaker_1HOST
Wi-Fi.
speaker_1HOST
An internet connection is the link that provides access to the global network of information, whether through DSL, cable, or fiber.
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Internet connection.
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Internetverbindung.