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From: john@anasazi.UUCP (John Moore)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Call holding & modems
Message-ID: <261@anasazi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 18:32:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: anasazi.261
Posted: Fri Aug  9 18:32:50 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 07:45:29 EDT
References: <260@anasazi.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@anasazi.UUCP (John Moore)
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Organization: Anasazi, Phoenix Az.
Lines: 20

In article <260@anasazi.UUCP> will@anasazi.UUCP (Will Fuller) writes:
>This line is provided as a bonus to telco for inventing UNIX
>
>If you have call holding and the phone rings your connection
>gets trashed and your security is left wide open whilst you are
>busy cursing at the "unconcious connector".
>For an additional ~$1.75 a month you can add the service of call
>forwarding. Just punch in the code numbers and forward all calls
>to your number. When someone calls they get a proper busy signal.
>Best of all your connection remains unmolles%

	Well... I tried this just now and it doesn't work. Apparently
the switch recognizes that you are forwarding to yourself and just
ignores the request. However, if you have more than one line, forward the
phone to the other line and it works fine. I have used this many times.
		[also at Anasazi, and therefore on the same phone service...]

-- 
John Moore (NJ7E)
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