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From: tgkreimer@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu (Tom Kreimer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: can a modem respond to CALL WAITING ??
Message-ID: <1991Jun3.210531.486@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu>
Date: 4 Jun 91 01:05:31 GMT
References: <14380@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <1991Jun02.205244.24464@chinet.chi.il.us>
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In article <1991Jun02.205244.24464@chinet.chi.il.us>, patrick@chinet.chi.il.us 
(Patrick A. Townson) writes:

> In article <14380@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> hpchen@celestial.Eng.Sun.COM
> (Huei-Ping Chen) writes:

> Call waiting and modems make a very bad pair. NEVER get call waiting on a
> line you ordinarily use for modems.  Better to get two physical lines from
> the phone company instead for only a little more money.

I know this is getting off the subject, but in some (all?) areas with call
waiting, you can disable the service for the current call, usually by dialing
the # key and a nubmer. This way, your modem won't be interupted during the
current (outgoing) call, and then call waiting will return for the next call.
Check the front of your phone book. There is all kinds of interesting info
there :-)

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Tom Kreimer --- Miami University ---  Oxford, Ohio 
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