Computer Help Needed - Problem/Question about my modem - Sorry, it's a vanity post!

1/18/09

[MplsSteve]

I have a question regarding the modem on my PC.

My OS is Windows Vista and my IP is NetZero.

When someone tries to call on my phone, it won't disconnect my Internet dial-up service. Instead, callers listen to my line ringing and ringing.

How can I fix my modem software so that incoming calls will get through (IOW, my phone will ring)?

I went to the control panel and can't figure it out.

Than you!

[DieHard the Hunter]

A worthy question. Anything to further the cause of FReeper Applied Science!

> Here in the northern hemisphere, the traditional phone produces a sound similar to “BRRRRRRRRINNNNG!” when receiving an incoming call, is it true that in the southern hemisphere, the sound is closer to “GNNNNNIRRRRRRRRRB”?

Here in New Zealand it is a double-ring, both for Ring Tone and Ring Voltage (ibid.)

Sorta like “Brrrrrrrring!-—Brrrrrrrring!.......” or, depending on your phone “Tooodledoooodledoooo!-—Tooodledoooodledoooo!”

(Note capitalization: lowercase is softer than uppercase)

It’s an annoying ring, guaranteed to wake you up, or make you sprint into the house from the backyard barbecue, or...

Hope that helps!
Cheers mate
*DieHard*

[Chief Engineer]

Call wiating is your problem.

In order to solve your problem, open your dial up dialog box. Where you see the phone number your ISP provided you, add a *70 in front of it.

Example if the phone number you use for dialup is 555-1212, the number in the box should read *705551212.

If this does not work, you have several alternatives.
1) Have the telco remove “Call Waiting” from your services.
2) Install a second, dedicated line exclusively for your computer.
3) Best option, if you can afford it, get DSL.
4) Look for a wireless service provider.

Good luck.

[Kirkwood]

I think the weather in Minnesota makes him cranky. I don’t expect him to thank the person who gave him the answer he was looking for.

[JRios1968]

Sounds like you ARE logged-in

[mkjessup]

Hope that helps!
Cheers mate
*DieHard*

It does indeed. But now I'm wondering, if you were to throw that annoying phone into the toilet, would it circle clockwise or counter-clockwise when you hit the flush lever? ;)