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From: murillo@sigi.Colorado.EDU (Rodrigo Murillo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: modem/software able to handle phone lines with "call waiting"
Keywords: modem, software, call waiting, communications
Message-ID: <4365@sigi.Colorado.EDU>
Date: 17 Feb 88 22:39:50 GMT
References: <23340@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>
Reply-To: murillo@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Rodrigo Murillo)
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc
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In article <23340@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> foulser@yale.UUCP (david foulser) writes:

>I am looking for a solution to the problem of communicating over a phone line
>with "call waiting" (in which a second call can come in, signalled by a 
>beep-beep tone) while the first call is active). In particular, I am looking
>for something that will handle the beep-beep tone as a signal to me, rather
>than interpreting it as garbage data.

I don't know if this can be done.  If you want to answer the call, thats
one thing.  But if you want to ignore it, MaBell has provided a way to
disable this feature.  Just key *70 before making the call (put this
in your dial string if you like).  If your area supports this feature,
you will get a couple tones then a regular dial tone.   Works great.


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