Get calls while online? NEED HELP!

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:27 pm

I need technical help. I want to have something so that when I get a phonecall while I'm online, I'll be able to answer it. I don't need to stay connected while I talk. Just know the call is coming while online, be able to pick up the phone and speak. Even if I'm disconected.

I bought something today that was supposed to help me do that. It's this little caller ID thing made by AT&T. However, it doesn't work. It'll beep when I get a regular phone call, but not when I'm online. It will just act like nothing's happening. I did everything I should. I set it right. I plugged the jacks into the right places. It just doesn't do squat while I'm online. I don't know if it's because I need to pay extra and subscribe to a call-waiting or caller ID service or what.

We even considered getting me a cellphone, but my house isn't in a cellphone area. You can't make calls or get them from here.

Anyone know how to do this? I'm really desperate!

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:48 pm

Broadband.

Post by **Delphine** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:50 pm

Or DSL.

Protodude · Post by **Protodude** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:23 pm

My dad set it up somehow to where everytime someone calls, it automatically kicks you off. I don't know how he did this, though.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:24 pm

Nothing but dialup is offered in this area. This is the boondocks, boys. We have a population of only a 1,000 or so people.

Dark Crow · Post by **Dark Crow** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:35 pm

I think with certain modem drivers it can warns you of an impending call while you're on the internet by making a dialog box come up. Unfortunately I don't know much else on the subject, so you would be better to ask your internet service/modem provider for more information, Zeta.

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:07 am

Broadband is the category DSL falls under.

Post by **Delphine** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:09 am

It was a joke. I do that.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 7:10 am

Protodude wrote:My dad set it up somehow to where everytime someone calls, it automatically kicks you off. I don't know how he did this, though.

Your dad is a computer ninja.

DarkPrime · Post by **DarkPrime** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 7:47 am

Look for a program called Callwave. It's supposed to alert you to incoming calls. You need to have call waiting service on your phone, though.

Or you could buy a USR 56K 5699B (link here) It has an app built-in that lets you take incoming calls.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:20 pm

GE has a device that you can connect a bunch of devices into at once and use them all with one phone line. That's all I can remember. You might want to look for something like that.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:12 pm

GE also manufacturers this:

chix0rgirl · Post by **chix0rgirl** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:31 pm

Move.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:34 pm

chris:
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Post by **Segaholic2** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:36 pm

Haha!

That is one old phone!

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:14 am

Dude, that phone is huge too. I mean, look at it, it almost doubles as a TV remote with those arrow buttons.