that you have an incoming phone call, when you’re on-line?
Anyone using it? Comments?
I have no experience with it, but I just saw an article the other day about a company called CallWave. The article can be found at:
[url =http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000201/20000201_kiss.htm]America’s Network
I should note that the guy admits at the bottom of the article that he has a vested interest in the product. Nevertheless, IMO, as a person with one phone line, it sounds like a good thing.
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The article can be found [url =http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000201/20000201_kiss.htm]here.
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Thanks, Therewolf – I sent the link to my daughter, who’s visiting an ex-boyfriend. He always harps about her spending time on-line when she’s at his place.
Actually, I think the only reason she visits is to use his computer.
So I’m probably not doing him any favors, am I?
That’s okay – I just typed in the whole address and it worked fine. And thanks again.
Related answer. I don’t know if I am allowed to do this, I don’t use this stuff, but this kinda sounds like a commercial?? Shoot- it this posting is out of line, yank it.
My friend has one phone line, and does a LOT of Net work- web building, etc. She uses something called Pagoo. Pagoo is a free internet answering machine, as she has described it to me. When you call her house, Pagoo intercepts the call, and lets you leave voicemail. She doesn’t get bumped offline, and she never misses a call.
Most phone companies OFFER voicemail opposed to a busy signal, but she said Pagoo is free… just a thought.
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Daughter’s ex just e-mailed me to say he downloaded the Cool Wave program – takes the phone company a couple of days to set it up.
He said the way it works is that your caller gets a message saying you’re on line. The caller can leave a message, which “plays” on your computer screen.
It costs 30 cents a month, he was told. I guess the phone company gets the 30 cents.
It’s funny though – US West told him a second line would cost $28 a month. We use the same phone company and we’re paying $9 a month for the second line, and it has its own separate phone number. ???
CartoonUiverse – is there a Dope rule about recommending or dissing particular companies or brands? I think it’s okay as long as it’s not spam. ??
Pagoo is free, but you pay a fee ($1.50 a month, I think) to your local phone company for something that’s called “busy signal forwarding” or somesuch. The Phone Company (TPC) automatically forwards to Pagoo’s number when the line is busy; Pagoo takes the message, then pops up a window while your online and plays the message back to you.
There’s also a phone company fee for turning on the service. Pagoo was offering to pay this for you, but I don’t know if that offer still stands.
BTW, a great Internet phone service is Mytalk, where you get a toll-free voicemail box, and can make two-minute long distance calls for nothing. The URL is http://www.mytalk.com
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It’s called CALL WAITING
I think that is what you are talking about.
When you are on the phone and another phone call comes in, you here a beep, you can click over to see who it is and tell them you will call back, then click back to the person you were talking to.
Click is not the mouse button, I don’t think that will work for the phone.:rolleyes
One day soon, we will no longer nee the phone. I only use it if I have to.
Try again. :rolleyes:
If you are online & a call comes in a message appears on your screen that someone is calling you. I think it requires call forwarding,too?
There is supposed to be a $49 gizmo box made in Pacific Grove, Calif, that sounds a tone when you are online & someone is trying to call you so you can get off & answer it. Nothing else to buy, call forwarding not necessary.
But then if you have DSL Internet connection, your phone rings when you are online, you can answer it & still be online.
I use Internet Call Manager, which tells me who is calling and their phone number. When someone calles and you’re online, you have the choices of
[li]giving them a message that I’ll call them back,[/li][li]giving them a message saying that I’m busy but have them call me back in 5 minutes[/li][li]sending the caller to my voice mail.[/li]
The service costs around $5 a month, and yes, you have to have call waiting set up by the phone company before the program can work right.
I love it. Now I don’t have angry relatives yelling at me for not getting off the internet, although I wish they didn’t call at such weird times.
Go here for more information: http://www.internetcallmanager.com/
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…or you can do what handy said, and get DSL, where you can go to the internet and get phone calls at the same time.