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Thread ID: 13315 2001-11-30 08:32:00 Using 'CALL WAITING' and your computer Guest (0) Press F1
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26098 2001-11-30 08:32:00 Can anyone tell me if one has 'CALL WAITING' on a standard telephone line, is it possible when connected to the net if you can use the call waiting function? That is, alert me that there is a call waiting and if I were to log-off I could pick up the phone hand-set and answer the call? Guest (0)
26099 2001-11-30 09:07:00 Unless you have set up you computer to disable call waiting (*52), the noise it makes will interfere enough to cause your computer to drop its connection.

I can't recall if the phone will actually start ringing after it hangs up though.
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26100 2001-11-30 13:20:00 At the moment it is something that is not going to work. You will get a stalled connection or a disconnect but no ring.
Wait till isp's start to support the v.92 standard as this is feature of this.
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26101 2001-12-01 03:13:00 It's not the computer that disables the Call-waiting function; it's the exchange. If is is enabled, the tones sent corrupt the data and crash the connection, so you don't get the option of logging off, then answeing the phone. If it crashes your session, just answer the phone. Guest (0)
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