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| Thread ID: 37043 | 2003-08-27 00:50:00 | Modem String question | craigrob (1722) | Press F1 |
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| 170826 | 2003-08-27 00:50:00 | I would like to set a modem string for my Lucent Win Modem so that when I am connected to the net anyone trying to ring me will recieve a ringing tone and not and engaged tone. | craigrob (1722) | ||
| 170827 | 2003-08-27 00:59:00 | Doesn't quite work like that. Your phone company dictates the tones someone hears not you. You could get call waiting but not to good since it interferes with the modems operation and most dont recover. | rsnic (3780) | ||
| 170828 | 2003-08-27 05:09:00 | Any time your line is "busy" (your phone or modem is in the "off hook" mode), the exchange will send a busy tone to anyone trying to call you. That's how the system works. :D Wait for widespread V92. (It might be a very long time. Telecom have more profitable things to sell you). |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 170829 | 2003-08-29 01:21:00 | Thanks people but the funny thing is untill recently callers to me used to get a ringing tone when I was on the net it's only changed since a friend set up a local network for me. | craigrob (1722) | ||
| 170830 | 2003-08-29 01:38:00 | That could only be the case if you had subscribed to the "call waiting" service from Telecom . Thats the only situation where a busy line can give the caller a ringing tone (and there are "beeps" at your end to let you know) . Sometime the call waiting beeps will cause modems to disconnect, sometimes not . Check in your modem string to see if *52 is there . If you have paid for the call waiting service and its active, a code of *52 will turn it off for the duration of the connection . It will turn on next time the phone is used unless *52 is again used . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 170831 | 2003-08-29 03:01:00 | True, true. The friend would have automatically included that, to avoid problems with Call Waiting. A competent friend. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
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