There is actually a more elegant solution here.  All Hayes-compatible
modems have an "S-register" that controls the amount of time the modem
waits to get a dial tone.  I don't have the time at the moment to look it
up for you folks, but that should be no great feat.

Find the correct register (and the units of measurement it uses, whether
it holds a value in seconds, miliseconds, etc.) go to Control Panel,
Modems, Properties, and the Advanced button, then enter a command in the
"Extra Settings" field (I'm looking at dialog boxes for an NT machine at
the moment, but Win9x is similar) and add the command "AT Sxx=yy" where
"xx" is the register number and "yy" is the new value for the register.

Something else that I find helpful when I'm in there tweaking is to
decrease the length of the individual touch-tones themselves, thereby
speeding up the dialing just a bit.  That command is "AT S11=60", or if
you're combining both commands together, it would be like this:
"AT Sxx=yy S11=60" (and for that matter, the spaces aren't necessary,
either).

Enjoy!

-JOWj.

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On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Bob Chapel wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>
> I have the same (or similiar) issue at home...modem indicates no dial tone
> if I have a call waiting in voice mail (actually the voice mail informs of
> a message by a fluctuating dial tone that probably does not allow the modem
> to recognize what 'it' expects)....I merely lift the receiver for a few
> moments and let the tone complete and all is then fine.
>
> Hope this is of some assistance
> -------------
>
> Bob Chapel
>
>
>
> At 10:28 PM 9/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I just performed a major amount of repair work on my sister in law's
> >computer here at home.  This included installing Win98 and setting up her
> >Internet account.  Everything worked fine here at my home but when she took
> >it back she ran into problems logging into her ISP.  It seems she has a
> >series of irregular dial tone fluctuations related to her voice mail
> >messaging  (There may be more than 1 variation for each roommate, I'm not
> >completely sure).  Does anyone know of a work around?  Perhaps delaying the
> >dialing until after the odd dial tone completes its routine?
> >

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