Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoEtiquette dictated you covered the receiver and yelled very loudly for who it was forslrpnk.netimagemessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1555arrow-down12
arrow-up1553arrow-down1imageEtiquette dictated you covered the receiver and yelled very loudly for who it was forslrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square67linkfedilink
minus-squarenotsosure@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 days agoIt didn’t ring very often.
minus-squareHideakikarate@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·11 days agoUnless you wanted to get online. Then everyone would call in the small window you were using the line.
minus-squarerobotica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoI’m too young to have experienced dial-up, but wouldn’t it be the case that people just wanted to go online and/or call people after school or work, so around the same time?
minus-squareElJefe@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 days agoYep… fun times. Unless you were rich and had a dedicated internet line, there was always someone who got mad at you for jamming the line
It didn’t ring very often.
Unless you wanted to get online. Then everyone would call in the small window you were using the line.
I’m too young to have experienced dial-up, but wouldn’t it be the case that people just wanted to go online and/or call people after school or work, so around the same time?
Yep… fun times. Unless you were rich and had a dedicated internet line, there was always someone who got mad at you for jamming the line