Bumped off the Net - again!


Tip
Here's a tip that might solve a lot of frustration for other Net users.
I kept being disconnected from the Net for unknown reasons. Stranger still, when being disconnected suddenly, my other phone would ring . . .
A quick call to Telstra revealed that if you have call waiting enabled and have two phones connected, the signal generated will ring the other (non-Net-connected) phone over the top of your connection, and -- voil! -- instant disconnection.
The solution: disable the call waiting feature (dial #43#).
- Reinier Bouman

Category: Internet
Issue: Nov 1997
Pages: 169

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