That's a good idea. But be aware that, if you are using X-window or even
running some some software under Unix shell, bad connection could still
cause process termination, process suspention or any other error message.
I experienced this kind of problem when I was using Latter.

I guess that in most cases this problem won't occur.

Ren


On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, dan dunfee wrote:

> hello,
>
> regarding the severing of connections while on the internet by someone
> picking up another phone, there is a solution.   there is for most modems
> a command which determines how long to tolerate a bad connection before
> hanging up, ie dropping carrier.  in usrobotics modems it is the "s10=
> command.   the default is a fraction of a second.  i set mine to 1 second
> and the problem no longer occurs.   this seems long enough for the person
> to hear the modem sounds on the phone and hang up without breaking
> connection.   most communications software have provision for an
> initialization set of commands to be selected by the user.   if put there,
> it should work.   experimenting with different times might be useful.
> for other brands of modems, i can't confirm that it is the same command
> but it should have an equivalent command to substitute.
>
> dan
>