@sabi @kkarhan In the 1990s ISDN was subsidized in Germany by the then state-owned telco, so it was a bit chaper than 2 analog landlines. That was attractive for some families, even before the mainstream cared about going online.
@bee8bit @sabi not only that but with the #HyTNAS the entire system was #ADSL Annex B and every call got converted to #ISDN from the #PoP / #DSLAM / Switchbox onward since 1997.