Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!xenitec!vances
From: vances@xenitec.on.ca (Vance Shipley)
Subject: Re: A line busy indicator.
Reply-To: vances@xenitec.UUCP (Vance Shipley)
Organization: SwitchView - Linton Technology
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 90 19:55:42 GMT
Message-ID: <1990Jul08.195542.3459@xenitec.on.ca>
References: <9007012203.STEVE@KSUVM.KSU.EDU>

In article <9007012203.STEVE@KSUVM.KSU.EDU> STEVE@KSUVM.KSU.EDU (Steve Schallehn) writes:
>A simple solution (if possible) for your phone problem is to
>wire your house phones such that the phone line first goes to your
>modem and then to the rest of the house phones.  That way, if you want to
>make sure that you are not kicked off of the phone line, just unplug
>the phone cord that is going to the rest of the house and no one would
>be able to pick up when you are on the modem.
>

many modems cut off the phone jack when in use so the privacy would be
automatic with this set up.

Vance Shipley