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From: VCOLE@cc.utah.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Help with modem and call waitingSKIP
Message-ID: <101801@cc.utah.edu>
Date: 8 Nov 90 13:57:14 GMT
References: <1990Oct31.190230.540@unislc.uucp>
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In article <1990Oct31.190230.540@unislc.uucp>, miket@unislc.uucp (Michael Thompson) writes:
> I have a hayes compatable modem connected to the same phone line as my
> telephone.  I also have the call waiting feature.  When I am on line and
> an incoming call comes in, it clobbers my session.  Somewhere, and it
> escapes me where, I found and used a command that was inserted, I believe,
> somewhere in the ATDT command that would block any incoming call and give
> the caller a busy signal just as if I did not have call waiting.

In my neighborhood you add *70 to the string, thus:  "ATDT*70,5551212".

Your mileage may vary.  Check under "Serivce Options" in the first few
pages of your local phone directory.