How 90s dial-up Internet worked, and let's make our own ISP.

Video Description

Up until home broad band came into existence the only way to access the internet at home was to get your modem to call the ISP's phone number and listen to the unpleasant sound that would happen. In this video we look at the history and technology of dial-up ISPs and build one our self. This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com). Johnny Blanchard re-enthused https://www.youtube.com/c/ReEnthused Retro Princess https://www.youtube.com/c/RetroPrincess Yesterzine https://www.youtube.com/user/Duds2k1 0:00 - Introduction 1:02 - A word from our sponsors 1:45 - Let normal service resume 3:07 - Bell 101 Modem 3:51 - Hayes Smart Modem 7:38 - Building an ISP 8:34 - Telephone line simulator 11:05 - Building a Linux Dialup Server 14:28 - Client setup 15:34 - First test 16:00 - Comparing our setup to a commercial one 19:36 - 56k modems & ISDN 25:50 - Radius 27:20 - Testing over the real phone network 29:59 - Free serve 34:50 - The coming of broad band 35:43 - Emergence service after the POTS switch off 37:27 - Thanks