Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!sun!gnu From: gnu@sun.uucp (John Gilmore) Newsgroups: net.dcom Subject: Re: modem info (call waiting) Message-ID: <1937@sun.uucp> Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 22:48:57 EST Article-I.D.: sun.1937 Posted: Sat Jan 12 22:48:57 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 05:10:24 EST References: <1362GMS@PSUVM> <1261@hou4b.UUCP> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 19 > Q: Is there a modem compatible with call-waiting? It's really funny to see all the people from AT&T replying to this. Why didn't you guys design the "feature" so it could be turned off? E.g. dialing *nn (nn=two unused digits) would disable call waiting for this call and give you a dial tone. Then we could set up autodial modems to do this (or do it manually), while not affecting voice calls. Lack of consideration of modem users in home settings has been the hallmark of AT&T phone "features". One of the rocks upon which the nonprofit Usenetlike PCNet project foundered was that it took a separate phone line -- we could not figure a reasonable way to attach an auto-answer computer to a voice phone line without destroying its usefulness as a voice line. Likely the channel used for this kind of communication will be video cable -- the phone pholks missed the window. Q: Is there a phone network compatible with modems?