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From: gauthier@ug.cs.dal.ca (Paul Gauthier)
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Subject: Re: Turning Off Call Waiting Remotely
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Date: 28 Oct 90 10:12:15 GMT
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	Throughout this thread on disabling call-waiting on incoming
calls it has been stated that you need three-way calling to flash over
to another dialtone. On my main voice line I have call-waiting, but
not three-way calling. I am still able to flash over and hear the
triple dialtone sound followed by a consistant dialtone. From there I
can, I can type *70, get a quick set of beeps and then be reconnected
to my party. CW is then disabled (I just tried all this as I typed
it).

	I have a data line without call-waiting as well, and I much
prefer dialing out on it than my call-waiting equipped line. I find it
annoying when trying to terminate calls on the CW-equipped line. I
have a tendancy to lift the plunger too quickly causing the phone to
think I'm trying to flash. It takes a concious effort to sit there
with the plunger down for two or three seconds to be sure it's
registering as a hang-up before I can dial out again. I frequently end
calls with "ok, I'll call so-and-so and get back to you." and find it
annoying when trying to quickly dial out after completing another
call.

	All this information applies to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, BTW.

PG

gauthier@ug.cs.dal.ca
tyrant@dalac.bitnet


[Moderator's Note: What you say is all well and good, but *why* would
a telco extend new dial tone by flashing the hook when there is no
place to go with it? Surely not just for suspending call-waiting ...
or is it just for that reason? What happens when you attempt to dial
an actual number against that flashed-in dial tone rather than just
dialing *70?  Does your new call go through or get denied?   PAT]