NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/aus/comms/423

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From: [e-mail] (Jim Breen)
Subject: Re: Call Waiting --- A better way of informing the user ?
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[e-mail] (Malcolm Caldwell) writes:

>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:

>    If you can solve the problem of modems disconnecting when the lines
>    emits the "call waiting" tone that would be even better.


>But sometimes the disconnect is an advantage.  If you use a protocol that lets
>you restart transmission, or equivalent then the disconnect when someone
>rings then lets you talk to that person and then restart the transmission
>after.  In fact I use ppp to talk from home to work.  When the phone
>disconnects nothing much happens.  As long as the conversation is finished
>before the FTP timeout (which is a long time) then I can restart the
>connection without a problem.  This works for any telnet connections as well.

Hmmm. And this has no security implications at all?.....

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Jim Breen                           JIS:$B%8%`!!%V%j!<%s(J
Department of Robotics & Digital Technology. Monash University.
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