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- From: stranart@me.utoronto.ca (Jean-Claude Stranart)
- Subject: Re: Modems
- Message-ID: <C0JJ7o.B6E@me.utoronto.ca>
- Sender: news@me.utoronto.ca (News Reader)
- Organization: UofT Mechanical Engineering
- References: <1992Dec28.175326.2109@ll.mit.edu> <1992Dec28.223030.23628@zooid.guild.org> <1993Jan6.171939.25630@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:04:36 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- hsu_wes@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Wesleyan Hsu) writes:
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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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- For those of us with the old pulse style phones, dial "1170,"
-
- John
-