Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!voder!pyramid!prls!philabs!ttidca!quad1!avatar!kory
From: kory@avatar.UUCP (Kory Hamzeh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Call waiting and modem!!
Summary: Check with your local phone company
Message-ID: <125@avatar.UUCP>
Date: 7 Oct 88 22:37:32 GMT
References: <8858@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Organization: Kory Hamzeh, Canoga Park, Ca, USA
Lines: 24

In article <8858@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, sjflim@trillium.waterloo.edu (SJF LIM) writes:
> Is there anyway that I can by pass the Call
> waiting feature or temperory disconnect this feature?  Any input will be 
> helpful.
> 

[ I'm posting this because a lot of people, including myself, have or
  seem to run into this problem. ]

Your best bet would be to contact the business office of your local
phone company. We use PacBell, and to disbale call waiting all I need
to do is to prefix the number I'm dialing with *70. Call waiting will
then be disabled for the duration of the call (e.g. when I hang up,
call waiting function will resume).

This is a rather nice and simply fix. It, however, will not fix 
problems if anyone is dailing in. I ended up getting a separate line
for dialing in.


-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kory Hamzeh			    UUCP:     ..!uunet!psivax!quad1!avatar!kory
				    INTERNET: avatar!kory@quad.com