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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
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Posted: Sat Jan 12 22:48:57 1985
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> 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?