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In article <1992Nov17.184357.15414@cs.mcgill.ca> depeche@cs.mcgill.ca (Acme Instant Dehydrated Boulder Kit) writes:

>In SOME, but not all areas of montreal, there is a service offered to
>people who already have call-waiting. It lets you DISABLE the call waiting
>for the duration of your outgoing call.
>
>To use it, you dial 1170 (or *70 if you have the * button) followed by the
>number you are calling. Then, for the duration of that call only, people
>who call you will get busy signals, and you will be uninterrupted. This is
>very useful for modem connections.
>
>If you get a busy signal instead of a dial tone after dialing 1170, this
>means your area does not have that service. If you get a dial tone, you're
>in luck!
>

I've been told by quite a few people that this can be done.

However:
1) Why didn't Bell tell me that when I called?
2) Why didn't they remove the service when I requested it?


>| Alan Ezust


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