tempestn 7 hours ago

I recall using this occasionally in the 90s even. There was also a period where I would regularly "one ring" my parents as code to call me back. IIRC that was because my cell plan had unlimited (or at least more) incoming minutes.

  • dizhn 26 minutes ago

    Collect calls would have been a thing until cell phones got very common because you had to use pay phones when you were outside because you somehow never had quarters.

  • account42 6 hours ago

    It will never stop being weird to me how US mobile plans make (or made) you pay for incoming calls and texts.