Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!dayton!viper!john From: john@viper.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Call waiting--call forwarding Message-ID: <799@viper.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Apr-87 15:02:18 EST Article-I.D.: viper.799 Posted: Wed Apr 8 15:02:18 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Apr-87 08:25:41 EST References: <8703111444.AA27190@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: john@viper.UUCP (John Stanley) Distribution: world Organization: DynaSoft Systems Lines: 46 In article <8703111444.AA27190@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> writes: >Thanks to all of you who sugggested using *70 to cancel (temporarily) >call waiting. C&P Telephone does not (yet) have this feature available >in my area. It is availabe in West Virginia on their system and they >are implementing it slowly in other areas. >C&P has a special sign-up for custom features offer through 16 March, and >I have signed up to add call forwarding. I would like to forward to a >busy signal, as many people know we have both call waiting and an >answering machine now, and thus could be puzzled if they got an >unanswered phone. >Does anyone know to locate a line that gives a busy tone? > I had a similar problem before my area installed the *70 option. If you're interested in a slightly more complex fix, the following worked for me and I used it for almost 2 years...: 1) Get call forwarding... 2) Forward -your- phone to the number you want to call. 3) Hang up and then dial -your- phone number. On systems where *70 is not available, the call forwarding only has one outbound line to forward with. It also doesn't have the self-call detection lockout that would prevent you from calling yourself. The result of this is that your single outbound forwarding line will be -in-use-. If someone calls you, the circuits will detect the fact that the call can't-be-forwarded, give the caller a busy signal, and _Not_ put a tone on your existing line because it doesn't have any forwarded -or- current call to tell you about. This has the advantage that you don't have to know any "secret" numbers and should work no matter where you live... Don't forget the most important part...: 4) When you're finished, disable the forwarding so people can call you. --- John Stanley (john@viper.UUCP) Software Consultant - DynaSoft Systems UUCP: ...{amdahl,ihnp4,rutgers}!{meccts,dayton}!viper!john