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I use Network Services to bar incoming calls, but when the barring is in force, the dialtone is different, and hence my modem won autodial. Is there a way round this?

April 26, 2017bar barring dialtone different force incoming modem Network Services

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I use Network Services to bar incoming calls, but when the barring is in force, the dialtone is different, and hence my modem won autodial. Is there a way round this?

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With most Hayes compatible modems you can use the ATX command to prevent the modem from looking for dialtone before it dials. This solves the problem of having to worry about it finding the dialtone.