Can an incoming call disconnect 56k internet?

[henree21]

I have only one phone line in my house. And my kids are always surfing
the net. So when I call home most of the time I get a busy signal. Is
there a setting that will allow incoming calls to disconnect a internet
connection. I worry about emergencies and not getting through.

 

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hello,

Do you have call-waiting as an optoin with your phone plan ? If yes, then some modems have an option
to diconnect the line if it detects the call-waiting "beeps". Check with the documentation that came
with your modem.

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[Vagabond Software]

I have only one phone line in my house. And my kids are always surfing
the net. So when I call home most of the time I get a busy signal. Is
there a setting that will allow incoming calls to disconnect a internet
connection. I worry about emergencies and not getting through.

If you have call waiting and you are getting a busy signal when you dial-in
while the modem is in use, your dial string (ATD...) contains *70 to disable
call-waiting command. That will have to be removed from the dial string.

The V.92 standard supports a pause-for-call waiting. It will pause the
Internet traffic for the call and resume once the incoming call has been
disconnected. If you have a V.92 modem, which you may be able to confirm in
the Device Manager, and your ISP supports V.92 connections then you should
be able to make use of this feature.

carl

 

[MikeB]

Excuse me for butting in, but perhaps this too will be useful.

I have an Agere modem and by pure chance I found that they ship as part
of the "package" that got installed on my PC a utility LTMOH.EXE. It is
a utility that, if you have call waiting and call waiting callerID,
will pop up a pane on the PC, showing an incoming call and the
callerID. Yo ucan then choose to answer the call or to ignore it.

I moved the program to my Start Folder and it works like a charm.

MikeB

 

[Mike Williams]

I have only one phone line in my house. And my kids are always surfing
the net. So when I call home most of the time I get a busy signal. Is
there a setting that will allow incoming calls to disconnect a internet
connection. I worry about emergencies and not getting through.

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[GateKeeper]

Some newer modems have a feature called, "Modem On Hold." This allows
you to switch to an incoming call without losing your internet
connection. Some of these modems may be able to switch automatically.
I don't know for sure because I have had a broadband connection for
three or four years now. If you can, get broadband. Then you won't
have the phone line tied up at all.

 

[Donny Broome]

I know someone who uses this service. They love it.
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[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Thanks for chipping in Mike. My DELL Inspiron 1100 has a similar app. Since i do not use the modem
at all, I uninstalled the app.

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