Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.dcom Subject: Re: modem info Message-ID: <7183@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 15:13:14 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.7183 Posted: Thu Jan 10 15:13:14 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 07:38:55 EST References: <1362GMS@PSUVM> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 15 > Can anyone point me towards a modem that will work on a phone line > equipped with 'call-waiting'. The modems we have seen will lose > carrier when the call-waiting signals come through. This is wreaking > havoc for users of workstations who have this feature on their > phones. It should be possible to design a modem that will incorporate > a delay before dropping carrier. Is there such a beast? > > Please send me email directly, or give me a call. > The modification has to be done on both ends. I saw a software fix for this on UNIX, but it's pretty disgusting. If you have call forwarding on the same line, you can just forward the calls somewhere else so you don't get the beep click while using the modem. -Ron