Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!network!ucsd!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz!hrc!gtephx!ellisond From: ellisond@gtephx.UUCP (Dell Ellison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Repost of Modems and call waiting Summary: Different versions of Call Waiting Keywords: modem call waiting Message-ID: <44fcd38f.bf85@gtephx.UUCP> Date: 12 Aug 89 16:46:31 GMT References: <44f2a964.15768@gtephx.UUCP> Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona Lines: 34 In article <44f2a964.15768@gtephx.UUCP>, wagnere@gtephx.UUCP (Eric Wagner) writes: > For some reason, most people missed my original posting of this. > Therefore, I have received zillions of the same old "just dial > the *70 code" responses from people who were (understandably) > assuming that I just wanted to know how to shut call waiting. > Therefore, and because I feel that this will be an ever-growing > problem to the computing community, I am reposting the original... > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but I have a big > problem using my modem given that my home phone line has the > call waiting service. Yes, I know, when I CALL OUT, I can dial > the *70 code to temporarily disable the call waiting. But, when > I'm using our company's computer system, which has dial-back > modems, the computer system ends up CALLING ME. Yes, I know, > if you have 3-way calling (which I do), you can hookflash during > the call, do the *70, and flash back again, but this would cause > the remote computer system to think that the call was dropped > due to a carrier loss. Does anybody know of any software/hardware > solutions to the problem? There are three different versions of Call Waiting: 1. Always on 2. Normally on, but a code will turn it off 3. Normally off, but a code will turn it on You might try getting type 3 from your telephone company, but this might not be what you're looking for. Also, you might try posting a message on the newsgroup: comp.dcom.telecom