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From: scott@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Scott Linn)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Help me g noise off modem line!
Message-ID: <3340013@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Mar 91 23:42:50 GMT
References: <1991Mar9.142156.3069@coral.bucknell.edu>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
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/ hpcvca:sci.electronics / dbell@cup.portal.com (David J Bell) /  5:12 pm  Mar 12, 1991 /

>Here's the good news!  Most (your's, I hope) phone systems offering call
>waiting have a simple code you can send at the beginning of a call (before
>dialing), that turns off call waiting, for the duration of that call.
>In my area, it is '*70'. Just key this before dialing the mainframe, and
>you should be safe!

Unless you're on a callback system :-(