Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!agate!telecom-request From: scott@hsvaic.boeing.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Can You Disable Call-Waiting AFTER the Call Starts? Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 91 16:23:35 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 31 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 222, Message 6 of 8 In article , mcmahan@netcom.com (Dave Mc >Mahan) writes: >> My question is, "Is there any way to disable Call-Waiting AFTER a call >> has been placed and a voice connection exists?". I'm looking for an > In reference to this question, has anyone been sucessful in making > this work for outgoing calls placed by a Hayes compatible modem? > [Moderator's Note: On my US Robotics Courier 2400 modem, you use '!' > to force the modem to flash the hook. .. > I guess you would get the modem's attention, with three plusses or > whatever, followed by ATDT !*70 O, where the final letter 'O' means > for the modem to go back on line. PAT] Unfortunately as soon as you switch the line over the modem on the other end would drop the connection. Modems need to be in continuous contact else they give up. That is why a call-waiting beep will usually knock you off line. Internet: scott@hsvaic.boeing.com UUCP:...!uunet!uw-beaver!bcsaic!hsvaic!scot [Moderator's Note: And also, even if you did keep your modem on line, when the phone line clicked out for a minute to allow your *70 input, the distant end would think carrier had been lost. You really can't win on this unless all modems everywhere were similarly adjusted. PAT]