Copyright © 1997-2008 Elizabeth Boston, The Computer Lady

Dear Computer Lady,

 

I have just gotten call waiting, now whenever I am on line and I get another call, I get disconnected from the net.  Is there any way of getting around this?

 

Tina

Dear Tina,

 

Yes there is a way to get around this. Most telephone companies allow you to disable call waiting during a call by dialing *70 before making your phone call. You will have to check with your phone company to be sure they support this. If they do, here is the solution to your problem.

1. Double click on the My Computer icon on your desktop.

 

If you are using Windows XP, Click on "Start", "Control Panel", and "Network Connections".

 

2. Right click on your Internet connection and click on properties.

 

3. In the properties window, find the phone number and put a "*70, " in front of it.

 

Note: if you have dialing rules turned on, remove the check mark and put the entire phone number in the box with a "*70, " in front of the whole thing. For example, if you had to dial 1-500-555-1234 to access your ISP, you would put *70, 15005551234 in the phone number box. Make sure you include the comma after the "*70" this adds a pause which is needed for the *70 to work.

 

Now when someone calls while you are online, they will get a busy signal, and you will not get kicked off the Internet

 

Elizabeth