flakey telephone ...

[Jim Gottlieb]

In article <164 at toto.UUCP> bill at toto.UUCP (Bill Cerny) writes:
>> 
>> (The "*70" part selects call-waiting-disable, and the "," specifies a pause,
>> to wait for the bzzz-bzzz which confirms the disable.)
>
>The pause after '*70' isn't necessary.  The confirmation tone (treble
>burst of dial tone) is a courtesy only; the DTMF digit receiver is
>still listening for the rest of the number.

While this is true in some telephone switches (like the AT&T ESS), it
is not true in others, such as the Northern Telecom DMS.  One should
test this first before removing the pause.


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