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.
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.
Wouldn’t he get a busy signal then?
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.
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.
How far back in the day are we talking about? Like back when the entire street shared a single line?
I experienced the same thing several times back when landlines were still commonplace.
Mid 90s.
80s-90s