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Re: Modem "call waiting"? Please enlighten me!

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From: I Do Not Exist
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:00
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Steve wrote in message <72gdqg$4ro$1@fir.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
>I think I read the Same Statement on their Web Page or somewhere and The
Way
>I Interpreted it was that It will (assuming you have call waiting)
>disconnect you, let you answer the phone call, and then when you're done
>talking go back to where you were. I don't know for sure it seems like a
>pretty vague statement, doesn't it?
>Steve
><EJ@spam.not> wrote in message
>news:MPG.10b5320ba59726aa98969e@news.prodigy.net...
>>
>>In regards to modems such as BOCA's "TIDALWAVE 56K" how would the
>>following sentance be interpreted, "... allows you to answer an incoming
>>telephone call and when the call is complete, it takes you back to where
>>you were on the web."?
>>Is it stating that you can answer an incoming telephone call on the same
>>line that you are actively using to brows the web? If so does this system
>>actually work with a single line connection the way call waiting does in
>>regular telephone operations or does it require the two modem setup (ie.
>>Diamonds "Shotgun" technology)?
>>
>>Info is much appreciated.
>>
>>EJ
>

Actually Steve is right. It disconnects you, lets you take the call, and
then when the line is free again
reconnects you to the Internet and resumes a download or brings you back to
the same location.
The information can be found at the web site. It is explained fairly good
actually.

URL is:
http://www.bocaresearch.com/docs/tidalwav.htm
Scroll to the bottom of the document.

Colin Heacock
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Subject: Re: Modem "call waiting"?   Please enlighten me!
Date: 1998/11/13
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