I want my connect to drop

[Mary]

When I am online, I want my phone to drop my internet
connection and allow the phone to ring. I am on Windows
XP Professional, I have an ISP, and I have enabled dialing
rules to dial *70 to turn off the call waiting. But right
now, when someone calls me while I'm online, they get a
busy signal. It's not possible for me to get a second
phone line where I am. I don't want to have to get a cell
phone that people can call when the line is busy. Any
help? Thanks,
Mary

 

[Shenan Stanley]

When I am online, I want my phone to drop my internet
connection and allow the phone to ring. I am on Windows
XP Professional, I have an ISP, and I have enabled dialing
rules to dial *70 to turn off the call waiting. But right
now, when someone calls me while I'm online, they get a
busy signal. It's not possible for me to get a second
phone line where I am. I don't want to have to get a cell
phone that people can call when the line is busy. Any
help? Thanks,
Mary

*70 DISABLES Call Waiting.
That means your modem will NOT disconnect you when you are dialed up and if
you do not get voicemail, it will not forward to that either, thus giving
the caller a busy signal.

If you have call waiting, don't disable it.

 

[Rifleman]

When I am online, I want my phone to drop my internet
connection and allow the phone to ring. I am on Windows
XP Professional, I have an ISP, and I have enabled dialing
rules to dial *70 to turn off the call waiting. But right
now, when someone calls me while I'm online, they get a
busy signal. It's not possible for me to get a second
phone line where I am. I don't want to have to get a cell
phone that people can call when the line is busy. Any
help? Thanks,
Mary

Convert to BT Home Highway? (Assuming you're in the UK........)

 

[Robert Tuck]

If you want your connection to drop, do not dial *70 first. Then when the
call waiting beep happens, it may drop your connection. Unfortunately(!),
I've found that since I got a 56k modem, it's much too robust and does not
drop the line. Sorry I don't have a better solution for you. Let me know
if that works for you.

 

[John A]

I don't think that is possible

John Allen

 

[Nairb]

There are several add on hardware devices out there that
will do what you are trying to do. Check out
tigerdirect.com or any other such online company for this
type of device. The one I'm thinking of is called the
Catch-a-Call. I have also seen several different modems
that will perform as such. Hope this helps.

 

[Joan Archer]

If you are in the UK why not subscribe to the BT answer service it won't
cost you anything and if the line is busy it will automatically go to that
so they can leave a message then you just dial 1571 to listen to any while
you've been online.
Joan

 

[Zardoz]

When I am online, I want my phone to drop my internet
connection and allow the phone to ring. I am on Windows
XP Professional, I have an ISP, and I have enabled dialing
rules to dial *70 to turn off the call waiting. But right
now, when someone calls me while I'm online, they get a
busy signal. It's not possible for me to get a second
phone line where I am. I don't want to have to get a cell
phone that people can call when the line is busy. Any
help? Thanks,
Mary

My ISP has a service that might be what you are looking for. You
can't talk to them immediately when they call, but you'll know when
they call, & you can log off & call them right back. Maybe your ISP
offers a similar service. Sorry, but it's not free. It'll cost you
$3.95 a month for the regular version.

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[Zardoz]

messages while you're using the Net. ** And if you want

to answer phone calls while you're online.

Hmmm. I guess you can answer phone calls while you are online too.
...

 

[Guest]

I'm having a similiar problem. I have XP Professional, and DO NOT disable call-waiting. My modem is a USR v.92, although my ISP does not have a v.92 server, with the Internet Call Notification (ICN) software from USR, I should get a pop-up informing me of an incoming call with option to Accept (and drop the ISP) or Decline. I cannot get the ICN to work. Tried to get help from USR, but no luck. Any help will be appreciated. Alternatively does anyone know of a software equivalent to ICN

Sude

 

[Shenan Stanley]

what is the regular cost of XP Professional?
and qhat is the educational cost of Xp Professional?

Go to www.google.com and search for:

Windows XP Professional Retail Price
and then
Windows XP Professional Educational Price

You could likely go to www.pricewatch.com and look there as well.