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In article <7ujKiLAR9V71QAYy@affirm.co.uk>
           roybrown@affirm.co.uk "Roy Brown" writes:

> In article <35ec2a2a.3098016@news.demon.co.uk>, Simon Atkinson
> <simes@raunds.demon.co.uk> writes
> >On Tue, 01 Sep 98 16:51:15 GMT, in demon.tech.pc,
> >David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley) scribed article
> ><904668675snz@longley.demon.co.uk> and said: 
> >
> >>Has anybody any (non obvious) suggestions as to what the cause might
> >>be of a NO DIALTONE message when:
> >>
> >>1. The modem is clearly communicating with the PC
> (etc.)
> 
> Nobody's mentioned Call Waiting, or Divert on Busy, or any of the other
> BT wonder-options that announce themselves with a squinky Dial Tone, and
> confuse the hell out of modems.
> 
> But if it is one of these, then
> >Try dialling blind (use X4 usually in settings).
> is still the best advice.
> 
> Can't think DL would buy any of these services from BT though.
> 
> They would be new, full price, working properly and fully documented,
> any one of which would be such a radical departure from the Longley
> canon as to rule it out of court.
> 
> So it *must* be the modem :-)
> 

Thanks for your thoughts.

(You might like to try a little falsificationism).
-- 
David Longley (check end reply line #)

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