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From: imacbeath@lion.waterloo.edu (Ian MacBeath, Conrad Grebel College)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Call waiting and modems??
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Date: 5 Oct 88 05:42:42 GMT
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sjflim@trillium.waterloo.edu (SJF LIM) writes:
>I have a Call waiting feature installed on my phone, (assume everybody knows
>what is Call waiting), this is a very nice feature because I don't have to
>worry about "busy" tone to the person who is calling me.  Until I've found
>out that Calling waiting and modem cannot exist together.  The problem is 
>when someone calls and I am using modem the telephone signal will disconnect 
>my modem from the phoneline.  Is there anyway that I can by pass the Call
>waiting feature or temperory disconnect this feature?  Any input will be 
>helpful.

I have asked Bell Canada about it and they said that there was no way
to temporarily disable Call Waiting.  I also asked if there were any
plans to implement such a feature because I had heard that dialing
"#70" or "*70" did disable Call Waiting with some other telephone
companies (BC Tel and AT&T seem to stick in my mind), but they replied
with "no plans that I am aware of".