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- From: hsu_wes@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Wesleyan Hsu)
- Subject: Re: Modems
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.171939.25630@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
- Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
- References: <1992Dec28.175326.2109@ll.mit.edu> <1992Dec28.223030.23628@zooid.guild.org>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:19:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.223030.23628@zooid.guild.org> Andrew McCallum <andrewm@zooid.guild.org> writes:
- >From seto@ll.mit.edu (Seton Seto)
- >> I would like to know how to temporarily shut off call waiting when play
- >>ng head-to-head via modem. Is there something I have to physically do or do I
- >>all the phone company.
- >
- > Try adding "*70," to the beginning of the dialing string. It works in
- >Toronto, and I've heard that it's a standard.
-
- Just give you local phone company a call. I too use "*70," but I know that
- some places also use "*7,". A quick call will solve part of your problem.
- What they need to do now is have a way to turn off call waiting when you are
- the person answering the phone.
-
- Wes Hsu
- Johns Hopkins U
- Dept.of.ECE
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