Haha, back in those days my mother could just pick up a phone in another room, and it would disconnect my modem from the internet. Maybe that was just an issue

Haha, back in those days my mother could just pick up a phone in another room, and it would disconnect my modem from the internet. Maybe that was just an issue in how my own home's POTS line was installed, but it would infuriate me so much to have to restart that HUUUUGE 30 minute / 10MB download (probably of a naughty pic), that I'd eventually just give up and read a book or watch TV.