- The Call Waiting option allows you to be interrupted by an
incoming call while you are using the phone line. If you are using the phone line for data
or fax, the "beep" that signals the incoming call can cause an abrupt
disconnection thereby disconnecting you from our servers.
- To temporarily disable Call Waiting for a single out going
call, there is often a special code that can be dialed before the phone number. With tone
dialing service, this special code is usually "*70" (e.g., instead of dialing
say "555-1212", you would dial "*70,555-1212", with the comma being
used to signal your modem to insert a brief pause between the special code and the phone
number); with pulse dialing service, this special code may be "1170". Check with
your local phone company to be sure. Better communications programs have an option to
insert the special code automatically.
- (On the other hand, you may actually want Call Waiting to
interrupt a data or fax call, so that you do not miss an important incoming call. However,
some modems will not be disconnected by the "beep," and there may be no possible
work-around. Also some modems will disconnect for an incoming call but by the time you
pick up the phone to talk to the person calling you, the person has already hung-up. There
is sometimes a lag of 5-10 seconds for the modem to disconnect)
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