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Lol, those were the days. The sounds…
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My dad actually had two lines, so that wasn’t ever an issue, unless we both wanted on the internet at once (eventually, I took a spare computer, install 98 SE, and used the internet sharing feature on it)
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We had two lines, I took a retired file server ( IBM PS/2 Model 75 ) and set it up with Windows 95 as a dedicated router / firewall with a gaggle of shareware programs. It ran almost continuously for about 3 years from 99 thru 02.
10-Base 2 Ethernet, 10 MegaBit over RG-58 cable , those were the days.
Mark Gosdin
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Crunch Report - Week of March 28, 2016
**The Oculus Rift is Here**
**Snapchat Launches Chat 2.0**
**Microsoft Doubles Down on Bots**
**Mars Buys "Fitbit for Dogs"**
**Tesla Unveils Car for the Masses**
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I remember getting the second phone line as well. Internet sharing was a great old feature, but thinking back on having to run cabling/use powerline extenders to facilitate that sharing makes me really appreciate advances in Wifi 
Coaxial cable based ethernet? That’s something I really missed out on. The ability to string a single cable and “tap” into it to install new devices does sound like it could have been kinda cool.
10-Base 2 Ethernet had it’s pluses, since it worked over regular RG-58 cable - think CB Radio - it was easy to get short runs of it in a pinch, but the downside was that it took a LOT of cable to setup a network, in & out to each PC in a chain like Christmas lights. Also like Christmas lights, if one connection broke the entire network could go down. 10-Base T and WiFi were much easier to deal with.
I pulled literally miles of the stuff thru ceilings and walls in offices and schools for about 7 or 8 years in the 1990’s. I tossed the last 100’ or so I had into the recycling when we moved in 2014.
Mark Gosdin
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Crunch Report - Week of April 4, 2016
**WeWork Launches WeLive Apartments**
**Twitter Teams Up with the NFL**
**Facebook Takes on YouTube**
**Reddit Releases an Official App**
**DOJ Wants Apple's Help...Again**
Crunch Report - Week of April 11, 2016
**Daily Mail Preps Yahoo Bid**
**Bots Come to Facebook Messenger**
**Snapchat's 3D Stickers**
**Instagram Update Highlights Video**
**Huawei Gets Into VR**
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Crunch Report - Week of April 18, 2016
**Prime Video Goes Solo**
**MacBooks Get an Upgrade**
**Tesla's Car Troubles**
**Facebook Updates News Feed**
**Uber Settles $100M Lawsuit**
Crunch Report - Week of April 25, 2016
**Microsoft's Word Flow Keyboard Comes to iOS**
**iPhone Sales Decline**
**Dead Body at Apple**
**Tech Stocks Soar on Earnings**
**Rovi Buys TiVo**
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Rovi acquires TiVo in $1.1 billion deal; ‘TiVo’ will be the new company name
April 29, 2016 4:14 AM
TV guide listing company Rovi not only purchased TiVo, but will also be taking the TiVo name for its company.
NBC Brings Olympics Coverage to Snapchat, With A Little Help From BuzzFeed
APRIL 29, 2016 | 10:30AM PT
Crunch Report - Week of May 2, 2016
**Is He the Real Creator of Bitcoin?**
**Uber's Surge Pricing is Here to Stay**
**A GoPro Trip on a Rocket Ship**
**Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Creator Backs Down**
**Apple Music Adds a Student Discount**
Crunch Report - Week of May 9, 2016
**John McAfee's First Move as CEO**
**DC Ransomware Attacks**
**Instagram Gets a Redesign**
**Google Launches Gboard**
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Dream Is About To Have Its 1st Public Demo
May 11, 2016 - 12:52 PM ET
So Musk might have a magical super-tube but CA already inked a deal with a Chinese firm to build an “old school” train from middle-of-nowhere CA to Las Vegas?
September 17, 2015 — 1:38 AM CDT
MOD EDIT - added article date