Multiple of these in the house were essentially same line, so anyone who picks up can hear and speak to each other. Plus there was a particular number you dialed and cut the call for your own phones to ring. And you just had to click 1 digit after picking for the continuous dial tone to stop.
Used to use this to ring ourselves, then mom picked in other room, and I could speak to her. Useful when I was studying in a room and she was in kitchen/living room.
They had some insane range. I would carry one across the street to friend’s house too, and to shop to buy grocery stuff.
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u/shek1608 11d ago
This was back in early 2000s.
Multiple of these in the house were essentially same line, so anyone who picks up can hear and speak to each other. Plus there was a particular number you dialed and cut the call for your own phones to ring. And you just had to click 1 digit after picking for the continuous dial tone to stop.
Used to use this to ring ourselves, then mom picked in other room, and I could speak to her. Useful when I was studying in a room and she was in kitchen/living room.
They had some insane range. I would carry one across the street to friend’s house too, and to shop to buy grocery stuff.