WI: 9/11 happened in 1995

In 1995, most home Internet was dial-up. I don't even think DSL was even available yet. You would see a technology "freeze" on the growth of the Internet and www. Also, hefty long distance phone bills were the norm through the nineties. Digital cell phones were largely after 2000 and unlimited call plans after 2004. You would probably see the Internet open up more by 2005 or so. In effect, you would lose five years on growth, so by 2010, smart phones could reach OTL levels.
ISDN came out in nineteen 88 and compared to dial up it was great the thing is yet if to telephone wires coming into your house. Before that it was dial up which sucked even then. I don't think we had ISDN more than a year so before true DSL came out. But it's all relative if you have dial-up and switched ISDN it's so great.
 
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