Turning off call waiting

Call waiting is a service that notifies you when another call comes in and you are already talking on the telephone. Call waiting signals and sometimes trigger faulty behavior with an online connection.

To turn off call waiting:

1

Open your Netscape Sign On window. Double click your Netscape icon on your Microsoft Windows desktop.

2

Click Dialing Options to open the Edit Location window. Alternatively, you can click Select Your Location, then click Edit My Locations to open the Edit Location window.

3

Select the location for which you want to turn off call waiting. Click Select a Location to Edit, then click the location in the list.

4

Click Edit This Location to open Step 1.

5

Continue clicking Next until you open Step 5.

6

Click I have to dial this number to turn off call waiting. Make sure a check mark appears in the box. This enables the list box to the right.

7

Enter *70 if you use a pulse phone (most common). Enter 1170 if you use a rotary phone. Optionally, you can enter a comma after the code like this: *70,. The comma inserts a one second delay to help process the phone call.

8

Click Next, then click Sign On Now! to save the changes and return you to the Sign On window.

Also see

Making an Internet connection

About locations

Dialing errors