Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!milano!pp!cadillac!brevard@mcc.com From: brevard@mcc.com (Laurence Brevard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Call waiting and modems?? Summary: *70 cancels Call Waiting for the next call (S.W.Bell) Keywords: call waiting Message-ID: <500@cadillac.CAD.MCC.COM> Date: 10 Oct 88 18:55:16 GMT References: <8876@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <382@dcscg1.UUCP> Sender: news@cadillac.CAD.MCC.COM Reply-To: brevard@mcc.com (Laurence Brevard) Organization: MCC VLSI CAD Program Lines: 32 In-reply-to: cpp90221@dcscg1.UUCP (Duane L. Rezac) According to the Southwestern Bell Telephone Directory for Greater Austin, December 1987-December 1988 on Page 8... ====================================================================== Call Waiting 5. Cancel Call Waiting -- Allows you to temporarily cancel the Call Waiting signal. Before you make your call, lift the receiver, if you have a push-button phone, depress the star button (*) then 70, if you have a rotary phone dial 1170. Then dial the phone number. Anyone calling your number will get a busy signal. Cancel Call Waiting is automatically terminated after each call. (This service is not available in all areas.) 6. If you also subscribe to Three-Way Calling, you can use Cancel Call Waiting after you receive a call. Just depress the switchhook, placing the person you're talking with on hold,. If you have a push-button phone, depress the star button (*) then 70. Depress the switchhook again and you can talk without interruptions. (This service is not available in all areas.) ====================================================================== I'm amazed at how many technical people don't know, but, then again, did YOU ever sit down and read the phone book! I only did after having the call waiting problem with my first ever modem. Somehow I decided to READ THE INSTRUCTIONS on Call Waiting. I was amazed to see this information. BTW: It did work. I'm no longer in an exchange that has Call Waiting. -- Laurence Brevard @ MCC VLSI CAD Program [512] 338-3567 P.O. Box 200195, Austin, TX 78720 or 3500 W.Balcones Center Dr., Austin,TX 78759 ARPA: Brevard@mcc.com UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!milano!cadillac!brevard