Re: Call Waiting and Modems (was Re: Modem Use and Phone Calls)

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From: Laurence Chiu
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 23:10

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In article <1992Jul23.141059.21632@iplmail.orl.mmc.com> billr@iplmail.orl.mmc.com (Bill Richmond) writes:
>|> 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...
>
>
Well in New Zealand, you can't turn it off. Pay to turn it on and it's
there until you unsubscribe. So I have had to subscribe to call-diversion
service and divert my phone to myself (caller gets a busy signal) when
I use the modem. Trouble is when I finish a session and forget to undivert
the phone still is busy (lose a lot of calls that way!). Even sadder...

Laurence Chiu

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Subject: Re: Call Waiting and Modems (was Re: Modem Use and Phone Calls)
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From: lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu)
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