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How to use the Cancel Call-Waiting Feature
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John Desmond K0TG
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Northwestern Bell
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VIA The Digital Newsletter
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***612/291-0567***
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Tired of your computer calls being interupted by the call waiting
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feature on your home phone? If so read on.
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In July of this year, Northwestern Bell instaled a feature called
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"Cancel Call Waiting" in many of it's 1A Electronic Switching Systems
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(ESS) in the Metro area. If you have call waiting you can defeat the
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feature two different ways. First, when originating a call dial *70
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first, then you will hear 2 quick bursts of dial tone then a steady
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dial tone then you can make your call and the call waiting feature will
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be defeated for the duration of your call. When you hang up it will
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automatically restore call waiting for the next call. The second way is
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that if you have conference calling you can shut off call waiting while
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you are on the phone during a conversation by flashing the switch-hook
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to get the second dial tone and then dial the *70 code. You will hear
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the two beeps of dial tone and then be dropped back to the party you
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were talking to. For those of you that do not have touch-tone service
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you can dial 1170 in place of the *70 code. It operates the same as
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the *70 code. Set-up your auto-dial modems to dial the *70 code before
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you call any computer system.
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Even though you need to be served by an ESS office to get these
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features, this feature is not available in all ESS offices. This is
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determined by the type of processor your particular exchange has. At
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this writing the feature only works in a #1A type ESS office. The
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other ESS offices are mostly known as #1 ESS's. Just for a little
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background information, the 1A type exchanges can be found in the
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larger (busier) exchanges. The 1A has more capacity and more other
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features than the #1 ESS. But don't lose all hope, some #1 ESS offices
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can be and will be converted to 1A's in the future as more capacity is
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needed in that area. It may be possible to incorporate this feature in
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the #1's in the future also.
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I have seen some lists of exchanges on different computer bulletin
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boards that had exchanges that did not exist or cannot even offer the
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call waiting feature. Hopefully this list will set the record straight.
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Another way to defeat call waiting is to use the call forwarding
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feature if you have it on your line. When your calls are forwarded the
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phone will not "BEEP" when a call comes in. With the call forwarding
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feature activated your phone will still work on outgoing calls, all the
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incomming calls will go to the forwarded number.
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