I was wondering about that - hard to believe it was in her house.
Perhaps someone can shed some light.....
I believe
The server at her house was to provide service and a connection to the domain server actually connected to the internet pipe that can be located elsewhere. Elsewhere has a big pipe not available in a residential neighborhood.
that is , my computers and network are connected to the Charter servers that are the internet domain servers connected to the internet. All internet connections from my computers reach by the Charter.com servers connected direcly to the internet