Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!mks.com!tslwat!louk
From: louk@tslwat.UUCP (Lou Kates)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: can a modem respond to CALL WAITING ??
Keywords: modem call waiting
Message-ID: <650@tslwat.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jun 91 03:31:59 GMT
References: <14380@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <1991Jun02.205244.24464@chinet.chi.il.us>
Reply-To: louk@tslwat.UUCP (Lou Kates)
Organization: Teleride Sage, Ltd., Waterloo
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In article <1991Jun02.205244.24464@chinet.chi.il.us> patrick@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick A. Townson) 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 have call  waiting and  a modem on  the same line and I find it
quite convenient.  When  a call comes   in I  get garbage on  the
screen so   I know to turn off the modem and pick up the phone. I
normally am using vi which  can recover its session so when I get
back on I just  recover  it and  continue. Also note that if  you
don't want this behaviour then you can  disable  the call waiting
by dialing *70 prior to dialing the outgoing   call.  I generally
prefer to  be able to continue to get my calls so I don't disable
it.

Lou Kates, Teleride Sage Ltd., louk%tslwat@watmath.waterloo.edu
519-725-0646