It took 4 attempts this morning

https://lemmy.world/post/45154646

I can hear this image

Eeeeeeeeee aaaawwwwwwwwwww uuuuuunnnnnn dun dung dunnggggg errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr… … ghhk

WELCOME! You’ve got mail!

and you could always tell if you were going to connect or not and the quality of the connection based purely on slight variations of the sound. if it sounded “off” I would disconnect before completely connecting and reconnect cause I knew I was about to get a shit connection.
Ah you too spoke fluent computer?
Somebody in your household really likes to use your landline. At least four times per day.
Stop connecting to My connection. Connect to your own.
Come on man, time to get off, I need to use the phone
It would be hilarious if your dialup went through an old Nokia.
Luckily for me growing up. AOL was abit more reliable but not by much though! Honestly as someone who had dial-up in a world where high speed internet existed. I was really jealous!