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I almost missed my first (and most important) job offer in the summer of 2000 because I was on dial-up almost 24 hours a day and my phone was constantly busy.

I almost missed my first (and most important) job offer in the summer of 2000 because I was on dial-up almost 24 hours a day and my phone was constantly busy. I applied for a new job and left my home phone number which was also my dialup line. Thankfully my new boss was able to finally get through, and my career in tech was born! And it wasn't even 56K because our phone lines were crap. I would get about 28K on a good day.

yomlica8 3y ago
I had to share a line with my parent's business. I bought this little box off ebay that listened for the call waiting signal and then dropped the internet to let the call through. Had to remember to disable the disable call waiting option in modem settings IIRC.