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From: malcolm@oahu.cs.ucla.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Modems connected to phone lines with call-waiting
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Date: 19 Mar 89 07:20:09 GMT
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Thanks for taking the time to read my posting.

I currently have a Packard-Bell 2400 baud external
modem on a phone line with call waiting.

Sometimes, when I am using the modem over the phone
lines, an incoming phone call will trigger the call-waiting
beep and cause my modem to disconnect.  Other times the beep
causes lots of garbage to be displayed without disconnecting.

Is there a setting on the modem that would also guarantee the
disconnection of the modem from the phone line when the call-waiting
beep beeps?  This particular modem, like most, is Hayes-compatible.

Thanks for your help.