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From: jimv@hienergy.East.Sun.COM (Jim Vienneau  - Sun Microsystems)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: can a modem respond to CALL WAITING ??
Message-ID: <6526@eastapps.East.Sun.COM>
Date: 4 Jun 91 14:52:53 GMT
References: <14380@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <1991Jun02.205244.24464@chinet.chi.il.us> <1991Jun3.210531.486@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu>
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>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

Some maybe, but not all. Call waiting was not disableable on my phone system
(fairly early ESS system). I had to cancel the service to keep it from
dumping my downloads.



Jim Vienneau, Sun Microsystems Inc - Billerica, MA
Email: jvienneau@east.sun.com   Amateur Radio: WB1B
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