i have just had british telecoms call waiting placed on tel line, they told me it would disconnect me when people ring me, it does'nt. tried all settings, my isp told me they do not support my V.92 modem and this is why, could this be the reason? also is there any shareware package that alerts you when a call is comming to your phone. please help...

Modems and Call Waiting If your modem disconnects you unexpectedly, you may have call waiting turned on. If a call comes through with call waiting enabled, your modem will usually drop the connection. To disable call waiting on your modem click the Start button and choose Settings and then choose Control Panel. In Control Panel, double click the Modem icon. In Modems Properties, put a check in the box beside "To disable call waiting dial:" and type *70 in the white box on that line. Many of today's modems can recover from significant line noise hits - including the call waiting tone that you may get if you have the call waiting feature on your line. If you have call waiting, in most areas, you are able to disable it prior to placing a call by dialing a code (usually *70) before dialing your ISP's number. If a person tries to call you while you are on the net, they will get a busy signal. If you don't disable call waiting and your modem doesn't disconnect on the call waiting tone, the caller will hear your phone ringing and ringing and ringing. You might be able to get your modem to disconnect on call waiting tone by lowering the modems disconnect on loss of carrier register. Consult your modem documentation for the register and values. The process is not a simple one and varies according to the modem used. You will most likely have to pay a computer technician to make the changes.

in dialup networking, rightclick the connection, goto properties, under "connect using" select the modem, goto configure, under connection goto advanced, under extra settings add "S10=4" (without the quotes) to the end) If it still doesn't disconnect on call waiting, enter a lower number than 4, if it disconnects too often because of noise, increase it.