caller waiting

[william]

i am unable to get broadband and have only the one phone
line ,so am missing some phone calls when on line,i am
considering buying a caller alert system,but have been
told that windows xp can alert you to an incoming phone
call,but i cannot find out how to set this up,any help
will be appreciated

 

[T.C.]

I am unaware of that feature. What I do know, is that if you have a v92
protocol modem, which most newer systems do, and your ISP supports it, you
can receive and make phone calls while online (the data online connection
is suspended when you make or receive a phone call, and resumed when you
finish your phone call. v92 modems are backward compatible to v90 if your
ISP doesn't support v92 (but then you don't get the options that v92 allows.
v92 is also faster than v90 modems. Again, your ISP MUST support v92 for
you to be able to take advantage of the features.


What is V.92?

V.92 is the new dial-up modem specification from the ITU (International
Telecommunications Union) that introduces three new features that will add
convenience and performance for the modem user. The three features are Quick
Connect, Modem-On-HoldT, and PCM Upstream.

Overview of V.92 features:


Quick Connect will shorten the time it takes to make a connection by
remembering ("training") the phone line characteristics and storing them for
later usage. Under optimal conditions, Quick Connect may decrease modem
handshaking (the noise you hear when you connect) time by up to 50% over
conventional V.90 modems.
Modem-On-HoldT allows you to receive an incoming call on the same line that
is accessing the Internet and stay connected to the Internet. Call-Waiting
service from your phone company is required.
PCM Upstream/V.44 Compression* - PCM Upstream boosts the upstream data rates
between the user and ISP to reduce upload times for large files and email
attachments. V.44 compression provides higher data compression ratios,
allowing for more information to be downloaded in the same amount of time.

For a list of some of the ISPs which do support v92 (and it's growing
daily), go to:

http://www.v92.com/v92isp/

 

[sf]

i am unable to get broadband and have only the one phone
line ,so am missing some phone calls when on line,i am
considering buying a caller alert system,but have been
told that windows xp can alert you to an incoming phone
call,but i cannot find out how to set this up,any help
will be appreciated

You can do one of two things...
1. Get Call Forwarding and forward calls to your cell phone
while you're online.

If you don't have a cell phone or don't want to use it that
way -

2. Get (Fixed) Call Forwarding and CallWave (the internet
answering machine).

CallWave is a small window that pops up to the top of your
screen when there is an incoming call - it has caller ID, so
you can see the phone number calling.

It's amazing at how much the shere number of telemarketing
calls have dropped since I started using it! They get
CallWave and just hang up... so now the volume has dropped
too. Yahoo! CallWave even has a feature where you don't
need to be online to be notified of a "missed" call. If
your line is busy, it can send a notification message to
your emailbox or a text message to your cellphone.