Eli5 In the days of dial up internet how would large organisations (or even homes with more than 1 computer) enable multiple computers to use the internet at once

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Eli5 In the days of dial up internet how would large organisations (or even homes with more than 1 computer) enable multiple computers to use the internet at once

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In homes, you could pay for computer only lines (basically another phone line, or multiple) but if it was only the single line, picking up another phone while online would usually ruin whatever you were doing at that time