tpf@jdyx.UUCP (Tom Friedel) (08/08/89)
chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US (Chip Rosenthal) writes: >I missed the original. I assume it asks how to disable call waiting while >you are on the modem. I missed the original too. A more relevant question for myself would be "How do you ensure that call waiting kicks you off" I never know when I've got a call, or have some line noise. Somethimes the incoming calls kicks me off, sometimes it doesn't. Tom -- Tom Friedel Public Access Unix BBS tpf@prism.gatech.edu ...gatech!emory!jdyx!tpf (404) 320-7624 (404) 321-5020
nghiem@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Alex Nghiem) (08/09/89)
In article <1989Aug8.141909.8736@jdyx.UUCP> tpf@jdyx.UUCP (Tom Friedel) writes: >chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US (Chip Rosenthal) writes: > >>I missed the original. I assume it asks how to disable call waiting while >>you are on the modem. > >I missed the original too. A more relevant question for myself would be >"How do you ensure that call waiting kicks you off" > >I never know when I've got a call, or have some line noise. Somethimes the >incoming calls kicks me off, sometimes it doesn't. If you have call waiting on your phone line, it must be disabled every time you place a data phone call. Precede your dialing sequence with '*70', or '1170' if you are one of the unfortunate that must dial with pulse dialing. Note that the actual sequence you use to to disable call waiting can vary from provider to provider. The ones mentioned above a commonly used at phone companies affiliated with AT+T (Ma Bell.) Also, this procedure cannot work if someone is placing a data call to you (you are the answering end.) In this case, you must have the phone company disable the call-waiting feature on your phone line. nghiem@walt.cc.utexas.edu !cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!walt!nghiem
davidr@hplsla.HP.COM (David M. Reed) (08/12/89)
Apparently, many people missed the original posting. (It was not by me). The user could disable call waiting with *70 when placing a call on his modem, but wanted to know how to disable call waiting when RECEIVING a call on his modem. A place he calls with his modem has callback security, so after he places his call he must hang up and wait for the other end to call him back. The trouble is that in answering the incoming call there is no way to issue the *70 command, and that commands' affect only last during one call. So how can call waiting be disabled when answering a call?