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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t he get a busy signal then?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Only if you were on a call already. I had it happen a couple of times to me back then. "Call me back in a minute!" I'd call back and they had already picked the phone up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

How far back in the day are we talking about? Like back when the entire street shared a single line?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

I experienced the same thing several times back when landlines were still commonplace.

Mid 90s.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Was it different in other parts of the world or something? When I was growing up, if you could hear a dial tone, incoming calls would receive a busy signal.