Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agoHow our patience level has changedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down123
arrow-up1372arrow-down1imageHow our patience level has changedlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·19 hours agoThere was a time when you either had phone service or internet. But not both at the same time.
minus-squarebertlewirth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoI BEGGED my mother for a second line, so I could stay online longer, but she wouldn’t get one :(
minus-squaredellish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 hours agoAnd if some bastard tried calling you when you were on the internet, they weren’t your friend any more.
minus-squareNotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-213 hours agoThere was a code you could use when dialing your provider to disable the 2nd call tone for a call. Put that in your phone number for dialing and your friends would get a busy signal, as god intended. edit: that still exists, *70 https://www.ringowl.ai/tools/phone-star-codes
There was a time when you either had phone service or internet. But not both at the same time.
I BEGGED my mother for a second line, so I could stay online longer, but she wouldn’t get one :(
And if some bastard tried calling you when you were on the internet, they weren’t your friend any more.
There was a code you could use when dialing your provider to disable the 2nd call tone for a call. Put that in your phone number for dialing and your friends would get a busy signal, as god intended.
edit: that still exists, *70
https://www.ringowl.ai/tools/phone-star-codes