When hangup calls back

WHat is it called when you sometimes prematurely hangup and the phone system automatically calls you back and tries to reconnect you with the number you called?

I've had a bizarre behavior with dialup modem where somehow a call from outside manages to derail my dialup and ring my phone. Perhaps is it some aggrssive robocalling technique, but I suspect it was bad weather distrubing my connection and then trying to call me back?

I still haven't observed this carefully enough to figure out what happens.

- = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist

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vjp2.at
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Not sure exactly what you're asking here.

I do know this, when on a dialup with call waiting, ass *70, before the num ber it dials. Yes, include the comma. Sometimes you don't need the coma, so metimes you do. All it does is tells the MODEM to pause. That gives the sys tem time to issues the second dial tone. Sometimes it doesn't matter, but i f you are still on dialup for all I know you could be in East Jabbaba somew here with a 100 year old phone system. I see DSL in the US ffor like twenty bucks a month. Actually if you can get it without the phone service you co uldd just geet a ?Magicjack for the phone hich is something like twenty buc ks a year.

Oh, old phone systems, if, on the really off change you have call waiting b ut not tone dialing it is 1170 instead of *70, though 1170 should also work on tome dialing.

Now to stop the telemarketer you need what's called "sit tones.wav" which a re the tones you hear when you dial a nuber not in service. Record that on your answering machine before you outgoing message. Then the computer at mo st telemarker's should pull your number from the list.

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jurb6006

umber it dials. Yes, include the comma. Sometimes you don't need the coma, sometimes you do. All it does is tells the MODEM to pause. That gives the s ystem time to issues the second dial tone. Sometimes it doesn't matter, but if you are still on dialup for all I know you could be in East Jabbaba som ewhere with a 100 year old phone system. I see DSL in the US ffor like twen ty bucks a month. Actually if you can get it without the phone service you couldd just geet a ?Magicjack for the phone hich is something like twenty b ucks a year.

but not tone dialing it is 1170 instead of *70, though 1170 should also wo rk on tome dialing.

are the tones you hear when you dial a nuber not in service. Record that o n your answering machine before you outgoing message. Then the computer at most telemarker's should pull your number from the list.

*70 doesn't tell the modem anything. It tells the telco switch to disable C all Waiting for the one call. It is the Call Waiting tone that is derailin g your modem's call, sometimes not.
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rev.11d.meow

No, the comma tells the MODEM to pause before dialing the number. All the "*" codes tell the telco what to do. In fact there are a bunch of them.

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jurb6006

As best I know, I don't have call waiting, but I guess it doesn't hurt to block it

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vjp2.at

You might find that you have to undo it. If you don't have call waiting that is. I am not sure what the effect would be on a line without it. Maybe you shoud try dialing *70 on a regular phone. See if you get a second dial tone. If not, don't do it.

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jurb6006

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