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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. Ringing (telephony) - Wikipedia

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    A ring generator or ringing voltage generator is a device which outputs 20 cycle sinusoidal AC at up to 110 volts peak to power bells or annunciators in one or more telephone extensions. [4] The output stops if a handset is taken off the hook. In terminology devised by phone phreaks, a ringing generator is a magenta box.

  4. Ringback number - Wikipedia

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    Hanging up the phone after this would result in a ring back. When the ring back was answered, the ring back process could be repeated by hanging up and lifting up the phone quickly again, and then hanging up. Most other numbers listed for ringback are specific to one exchange or one telco; available lists tend to be outdated and unreliable.

  5. Telephone call - Wikipedia

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    The landline telephone contains a switchhook (A4) and an alerting device, usually a ringer (A7), that remains connected to the phone line whenever the phone is "on hook" (i.e. the switch (A4) is open), and other components which are connected when the phone is "off hook". The off-hook components include a transmitter (microphone, A2), a ...

  6. He’s in landline hell. So who should he call about a faulty ...

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    But, hey, excuse me for a moment: My house phone is ringing. I lever myself up from the chair and limp across to say hello. “Hi, I am Natalie, calling from the business lending department ...

  7. Dial tone - Wikipedia

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    Some later ringing machines also generated a 50 Hz dial tone. The modern dial tone varies between countries. The Precise Tone Plan for the North American Numbering Plan of the US , Canada , and various Caribbean nations specifies a combination of two tones (350 Hz and 440 Hz) which, when mixed, creates a beat frequency of 90 Hz.

  8. Remember the landline? Here’s what happened when the old ...

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  9. Last-call return - Wikipedia

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    Call again, a form of automatic ring back, allows a caller, on reaching a busy signal, to hang up, dial a special code, and be called back automatically when the called number is no longer busy, usually with a limit of 30 minutes. Call return allows a customer to dial a code that identifies the last incoming call. On some types of central ...