Julie wrote:
"Tekkie" wrote in message
t...

What's a hot call box? If you unplug the modem & this hot call box

thingie do

you get dial tone? Modems blow in electrical storms...
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Tekkie


A hot call box is a box that rings if there's an incoming call when you're
on-line. It's cheaper than getting a second line and requires only call
waiting. Thus the telephone and modem are sharing the same line. But I
don't get a dial tone on either the phone or the modem (and I'm able to get
on-line; at this moment I'm just doing so with a lightning fast 19.2k
connection). It's just that every so often the dial tone goes away
completely, only to return when some unwitting good samaritan happens to
call us. Or when I send my husband 6 miles round trip to the nearest pay
phone...

Julie


Hi,
If you are talking about dial tone from modem it has volume control or
mute on set up string. How many phones in your house? If more than one,
unplug all but one and see.
Tony