If you can't afford the extra phone line you can always spring for a
beeper, that is what I do. I will tell anyone if it is really urgent to
page me, if my phone line is busy. If I recognize the page I will
immediately get off the internet, and call them back.
In article <4g61mt$ij3@news-2.ccinet.ab.ca>, jharris@ccinet.ab.ca wrote:
> Every time someone connects to the internet with a single phone line
> they are cutting anyone off who wants to reach them. I need to remain
> available but cannot afford another line. Does anyone know how to do this?
> I have tried call waiting, a telephone service which produces a beep
> on the line when another call is waiting, after which you use the hangup
> switch to switch between calls. I had hoped this interference would hang the
> computer up, letting me answer the other call. This did not happen, nor was
> the tone loud enough to hear over the computer's noise.
> Is there any program I can get which will hangup at the interference
> of the beep? Or perhaps something which reduces the volume of the modem's
> communication noise? I have noticed that the sound switches between two
> volumes, the lower of which I can hear the tone on. Does anyone know
how this
> problem can be solved? Everyone must have to deal with the same thing.
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