As several people have posted, you can try inserting commas.  I
believe the default is usually that a comma is a pause for *2*
seconds, but on many modems there is an "S" register to adjust this.
[Of course, if you had the manual for the modem, you wouldn't have
needed to ask this question, so just assume that a comma is a 1-2
second pause.]

  BUT there's likely to be a better choice, designed for exactly this
situation:  W!
  e.g. 9W1234567
  The "W" tells most better-quality modems "At this point in dialing,
wait for a fresh dialtone before proceeding to dial the next digit."
It'll give up after 30 seconds or so, but it spares you trying to
guess whether you need two commas or five for this particular hotel.

David Gillett


On 7 Jul 2001, at 23:39, lolo wrote:

> i'm not sure this is the right list to address this query, but
> here it is: how can i setup my modem dial up properties so that
> when i'm in a hotel and have to dial 0 or 9 to get an outside line
> enough time elapses between dialling the 0 or 9 so as to have the
> outside line before the modem starts dialling the isp number. as it
> is now, i add the 0 to the beginning of the number but most of the
> number has been "dialled" before i get the outside line... i need
> to insert a 5 second interval before the rest of the number is
> dialled. thank you for any help on this! laurence panon

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