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- Call waiting is a wonderful service. I have the service
- installed on my voice line since the first day it was availible.
- However, as several hundred modem users can agree, call waiting
- is deadly for the computer user who doesn't like sending 451K of
- a 453K file only to get knocked off line. Several communities
- have the option of turning the service off by typing a simple
- key phrase, usually "71". However several do not. This file is
- for the modem users who cannot turn off callwaiting.
- The solutions I will present are only to keep carrier from
- being dropped. The first tip, more or less, makes your HST ignore
- the callwait beep. The second, totally eliminates the call wait
- beep. These two methods may be used together or seperatly, what
- proves to work the best.
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- 1st Method) Enter any communication program that
- allows simple AT commands. Type
- "ATS10=255". This command tells the
- modem to wait 255 tenths of a second
- when it encounters a loss of carrier.
- Therefor, when the beep occurs, the modem
- will simply 'hold the line' and wait for
- it to stop. The only way for the carrier
- to be dropped is when one solid beep lasts
- for more than 25.5 seconds.
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- 2nd Method) Pick up the receiver and dial a number which
- will play a VOICE recorded message. (It is
- very important that the message is a VOICE
- message.) While the message is playing, click
- the receiver rest to put the recording on the
- auxilary callwaiting line and hang up your
- phone. Then, dial your modem as usual. You
- may make multiple calls in this manner by
- setting the pause in between dail to a length
- greater than 3 seconds. This will prevent the
- auxilary line from being dropped. Anyone trying
- to call your number will simply receive a busy
- signal.
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- I hope these simple tips help you. If you need another board to call
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