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  2. AOL Dialer: Fix common problems - AOL Help

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    Dialing *70 can prevent the call from completing when the phone line does not have the call waiting feature active. Leave this option unchecked if you are no longer able to connect. 3. Check or uncheck, “I have to dial this number to reach an outside line” depending on your telephone line. Normally, this should not be selected.

  3. Troubleshoot a dial-up connection - AOL Help

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    An active internet connection is required to be able to access all the best that America Online® offers. If you're using dial-up internet and can't connect, try the following troubleshooting steps: Check the dial tone - If you DO have one, it's likely the problem has something to do with your computer. If you DON'T, it's likely the problem has ...

  4. Call-progress tone - Wikipedia

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    Telecommunication equipment such as fax machines and modems are designed to recognize certain tones, such as dial tone and busy tone. The ITU-T E.180 and E.182 recommendations define the technical characteristics and intended usage of some of these tones. ToneScript is a tone description format that may be used to specify the tone.

  5. Call waiting - Wikipedia

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    A stutter dial tone confirms the de-activation. On most European telephone networks, and GSM or UMTS mobile phones, call waiting is activated by dialing the following codes: To activate: *43# To deactivate: #43# To check status: *#43# A voice announcement, tone or a message on your phone's screen will confirm the service status.

  6. Analog telephone adapter - Wikipedia

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    The ATA provides dial tone, ringing generator, DC power, caller ID data and other standard telephone line signaling (known collectively as BORSCHT) to the telephone connected to a modular jack. The digital interface of the ATA typically consists of an Ethernet port to connect to an Internet Protocol (IP) network, but may also be a USB port for ...

  7. Dial tone - Wikipedia

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    The Bell Telephone Manufacturing Company (BTMC) in Antwerp, Belgium, Western Electric's international subsidiary, first introduced dial tone as a standard facility with the cutover of the 7A Rotary Automatic Machine Switching System at Darlington, England, on 10 October 1914. Dial tone was an essential feature, because the 7A Rotary system was ...

  8. Portal:Telephones/Selected audio - Wikipedia

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    A dial tone (dialling tone in the UK) is a telephony signal sent by a telephone exchange or private branch exchange (PBX) to a terminating device, such as a telephone, when an off-hook condition is detected. It indicates that the exchange is working and is ready to initiate a telephone call. The tone stops when the first dialed digit is recognized.

  9. On- and off-hook - Wikipedia

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    One of two possible signaling states, such as tone or no tone, or ground connection versus battery connection. Note: if on-hook pertains to one state, off-hook pertains to the other. The idle state, i.e., an open loop of a subscriber line or PBX user loop.