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- From: shayne@cs.mcgill.ca (Lydia Mancini)
- Subject: Re: Call Waiting (Was: Laser Printing and a question)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.190256.15740@cs.mcgill.ca>
- Sender: news@cs.mcgill.ca (Netnews Administrator)
- Organization: SOCS - Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada
- References: <iLk0TB2w165w@mala.proteus.qc.ca> <1992Nov17.163940.14032@cs.mcgill.ca> <1992Nov17.184357.15414@cs.mcgill.ca>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:02:56 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <1992Nov17.184357.15414@cs.mcgill.ca> depeche@cs.mcgill.ca (Acme Instant Dehydrated Boulder Kit) writes:
-
- >In SOME, but not all areas of montreal, there is a service offered to
- >people who already have call-waiting. It lets you DISABLE the call waiting
- >for the duration of your outgoing call.
- >
- >To use it, you dial 1170 (or *70 if you have the * button) followed by the
- >number you are calling. Then, for the duration of that call only, people
- >who call you will get busy signals, and you will be uninterrupted. This is
- >very useful for modem connections.
- >
- >If you get a busy signal instead of a dial tone after dialing 1170, this
- >means your area does not have that service. If you get a dial tone, you're
- >in luck!
- >
-
- I've been told by quite a few people that this can be done.
-
- However:
- 1) Why didn't Bell tell me that when I called?
- 2) Why didn't they remove the service when I requested it?
-
-
- >| Alan Ezust
-
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