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Article #278Re: Call Waiting and Modems (was Re: Modem Use and Phone Calls)
From: Bill Richmond
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:10
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:10
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|> Yes. There is no communications program that I've ever heard of that handles
|> call waiting, since the call waiting 'beep' is an interruption of the modem
|> carrier. However, you can turn off call waiting for a particular call by
|> prefixing it with *70: at least, it works for SW Bell in Houston. Your
|> mileage my vary.
|>
In the Orlando, Fl area, the ability to turn off call waiting as
you suggest is a pay service. That's right, pay to have it & pay again if you
wanna be able to turn it off to use the modem...Sad isn't it...
Don't get suckered in by
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!ub!csn!news.den.mmc.com!iplmail!billr From: billr@iplmail.orl.mmc.com (Bill Richmond) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Call Waiting and Modems (was Re: Modem Use and Phone Calls) Message-ID: <1992Jul23.141059.21632@iplmail.orl.mmc.com> Date: 23 Jul 92 14:10:59 GMT References: <110565@muvms3.bitnet> <Brt1CK.FJn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <protein.711837473@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu> <1992Jul23.050110.10778@rice.edu> Sender: billr@iplmail (Bill Richmond) Organization: Martin Marietta Lines: 17