Did many folks feel forced to do that due to AIM? For those of us in households with one phone line, we couldn't even be online 24/7 even if we wanted to. I had

Did many folks feel forced to do that due to AIM? For those of us in households with one phone line, we couldn't even be online 24/7 even if we wanted to. I had no problem turning off the computer at many times of day and simply being "offline"..