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cherylpf
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 Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:11 Post subject: phone features
For your land line, what do you have? What can't you live without?
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Pug
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:13 Post subject:
We have a set that is one corded phone with a connection to a cordless. That's really nice. It has an answering machine, speaker, and fun stuff like that.
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:13 Post subject:
I just have call waiting. I like it.
One thing I'd like to know, if you don't mind a minimal hijack, is what if anything I need to do to keep an incoming phonecall from wreaking havoc on my being online. Can I fix that and how?
Now back to our regularly scheduled thread. Thanks PF.
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Cappy
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:13 Post subject:
Voice Mail
Call Forwarding
Caller ID
Call Waiting.
Gotta love the Caller ID
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Dancer
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:15 Post subject:
Voice mail.
No call waiting. Can't stand call waiting.
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Molly600
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:16 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | Gotta love the Caller ID |
YES! We resisted getting it forever, now I LOVE it!!!!!!!! Now it's a must have!
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cherylpf
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:18 Post subject:
I don't use my land line much at all, so I was thinking of cutting back the excess on the bill but I don't know if I could live without call waiting or caller ID. I got very used to those features in college when they were $2/month on the campus lines.
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Pug
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:20 Post subject:
I forgot about Called ID! That's our favorite feature!
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pokychick
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:21 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | I don't use my land line much at all, so I was thinking of cutting back the excess on the bill but I don't know if I could live without call waiting or caller ID. I got very used to those features in college when they were $2/month on the campus lines. |
I've been thinking of getting rid of my land line altogether.
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brie k
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:22 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | I just have call waiting. I like it.
One thing I'd like to know, if you don't mind a minimal hijack, is what if anything I need to do to keep an incoming phonecall from wreaking havoc on my being online. Can I fix that and how?
Now back to our regularly scheduled thread. Thanks PF. |
In your setup of the internet, where your dialup stuff is configured, there should be a thing asking if you have call waiting, and should have an option to disable it. What happens is, before dialing the number you are using, it will do a *## (cannot remember what the 2-digit code is) that disables your call waiting, then will dial up the number you use to connect. We used that when we had dailup years ago, and I could help you more if I had dialup now, but I don't... Maybe PH knows.
Easier fix is to get cable. 
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brie k
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:26 Post subject:
On the line itself we just have call-waiting. We had caller ID years ago and the numbers that showed up were the people we knew, not all the telemarketers and other unavailable numbers. So I want no part of it.
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:51 Post subject:
Stalker ID and call waiting.
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:52 Post subject:
Ever considered giving up the landline all together?
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:54 Post subject:
I had Caller ID, Call Waiting, 3-way Calling.
I cut the cord last May and now my only phone is my cell phone. It was about the best decision I've made in a long time: After upgrading my cell minutes and features, I'm still saving about $50 a month.
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brie k
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Posted: 11/20/03 - 17:55 Post subject:
| AlaninTX wrote: | | Ever considered giving up the landline all together? |
how would I fax?
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