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From: jimmy@icjapan.uucp (Jim Gottlieb)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.bugs,unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: flakey telephone ...
Message-ID: <330@icjapan.uucp>
Date: 29 Sep 89 09:32:44 GMT
References: <3281@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <866@kcdev.UUCP> <360@gnosys.UUCP> <164@toto.UUCP>
Reply-To: denwa!jimmy@anes.ucla.edu (Jim Gottlieb)
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In article <164@toto.UUCP> bill@toto.UUCP (Bill Cerny) writes:
>> 
>> (The "*70" part selects call-waiting-disable, and the "," specifies a pause,
>> to wait for the bzzz-bzzz which confirms the disable.)
>
>The pause after '*70' isn't necessary.  The confirmation tone (treble
>burst of dial tone) is a courtesy only; the DTMF digit receiver is
>still listening for the rest of the number.

While this is true in some telephone switches (like the AT&T ESS), it
is not true in others, such as the Northern Telecom DMS.  One should
test this first before removing the pause.


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