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From: jjw7384@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Jeff Wasilko)
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Subject: Call Waiting Question
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Date: 1 Feb 90 23:57:53 GMT
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I am trying to find out how call waiting will affect a MNP class 5
reliable connection.

What I am trying to do is set up call forward-on-busy to my cellular
number from my landline number (by manually forwarding calls to my
cellular number before making a data call), so that when I am on the modem for
extended periods of time I can still receive calls.

After calling Rochester Telephone (lack of) Customer Service, I am
told that call forwarding will only forward a call when the line
rings. If the line is busy, the caller will receive a busy signal.
Their solution is for me to get call waiting, so that the caller will
not receive a busy signal. I am concerned that the call-waiting beep
may drop my connection even though it is a reliable connection.

Note: This is a better alternative for me than getting a second line
installed since I work for Cellular One and get all my local airtime
free :-). RochTel doesn't offer forward on busy or residential
centrex, and hunting to a cellular number isn't possible.

Note 2: Our rates in Rochester are probably the lowest in the country:
$10/month, .175/min for peak periods. (-:   (-:


Jeff

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[Moderator's Note: I *think* the rep led you astray. I have call
forwarding on a line which does not have call waiting. When the line
is free, a forwarded call is signaled with a single ring. When the
line is busy, the call simply forwards. What the rep may have meant
was only one call can forward at a time (true in some CO's). If the
line is busy (becase a call is presently forwarded through it
elsewhere), then subsequent calls will receive a busy. I think you
should double check this yourself with a confederate and a second
phone line. While the line is on forwarding and busy with an *outgoing*
call, have the confederate dial it and see what happens, etc. I think
the rep also led you astray telling you you had to have call waiting
to make it work: how could you possibly have a phone forwarding and
still get a call waiting signal at the same time?   PT]