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From: CGW@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Chris Williams)
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Subject: Re: Can One Disable Call-Waiting If *70 Doesn't Work?
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Date: 27 Jun 90 20:24:00 GMT
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>Can one disable call waiting in New York if the *70 tone block feature
>didn't work?  Is there another way, this reeks havoc on data calls, as
>you can imagine.  I hate call waiting, that's why I wouldn't ever get
>it, but one of my news feeds has it, and it's quite annoying for him.

>[Moderator's Note: I don't think call waiting can be suspended if *70
>does not work, since that is what *70 is all about. But why would
>someone have ordered call waiting on a line used for a news feed in
>the first place?  He should call telco and have it removed.  PT]

Here in Texas, where GTE is the phone service, (at least in a couple of places
I know of - Denton and Irving are examples) you *must* have call-waiting. You
can't get rid of it. I just recently moved here from Fort Worth (SW Bell area),
and now I discover that I'm plauged with call-waiting!!!! aaauuugghhh! People
who live here have told me that I'm just stuck with it, that it was a fault of
the switches GTE uses... so, is there any way I could get my telco to remove
it? 


chris williams, 'gilligan'     CGW@UNTVAX{.bitnet}  cgw@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
programmer/operator            NTVAXB::CGW          UTSPAN::UTADNX::NTVAXB::CGW
university of north texas      at&t  : +1 817 565-4161
denton, texas 76203