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The personal life of Immanuel Kant (infosec.pub)
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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t he get a busy signal then?

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 12 points 4 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.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 days ago

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

Mid 90s.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 2 points 3 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.