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From: johne@hpvcla.HP.COM (John Eaton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Call waiting and modems??
Message-ID: <4740023@hpvcla.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Oct 88 16:05:02 GMT
References: <8876@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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< Check the front of your phone book.  There are instructions for disabling
< the Call Waiting beep.  On page 8 of the Reading, PA phone book Tone*Block
< is explained.  If I dial a '* 7 0' before I make a call I will not be
< interrupted by the beep.  Call waiting is automatically reactivated on the
< next call.
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That's nice if you are making the call but what if you are receiving it? A
lot of places where security is an issue use call back systems where you
call and give your id code and the computer calls you back. Is there any
way to disable Call waiting on an incoming call?

John Eaton