call waiting nightmare

[Amy Deitrich]

I have call waiting and it will not knock me offline when i have a call coming in if anybody knows why please let me know , when someone calls itjust rings and rings and rings

[Ron Kinner]

Which modem do you have? If you don't know and it came with the PC then what PC do you have? What operating system do you have? WinXP or ?

I assume you have already checked Control Panel / Phone and Modem / (Select your location) Edit and verified that To Disable Call Waiting Dial is not checked?

The next thing to do is to add a modem command to the Advanced set up but in order to tell you what command I need to know the modem type since this is an S register command and they vary with make. On my Diamond it would be something like S10=1 which tells it to drop the circuit if the carrier drops for 1/10th of a second.

Depending on what modem and what operating system, what ISP, and whether you have caller ID or not you may also be able to get it to bring up a window telling you who is calling. There are also options to forward the call to a voice mail system on the internet.

Ron

[Thomas Bianco]

you'll probably want to verifiy with your ISP that they are V.92 compatable. also check your modem for this logo.

heres more info on V.92 http://www.v92.com/about/modem-on-hold.html

alternativly, you can disable call waiting so they get Busy or voicemail, usually by prepending the number with "*70, "