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?
>
>TIA
>
>Bill Nussbaumer
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Robert Chapel
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CCMH Inc
2 Park Ave
Dumont, NJ 07628
201 385-4400
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