On Fri, 21 May 2004 16:39:46 +1200, Thor <> wrote:
>The GHOST of WOGER. wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 20 May 2004 22:49:37 -0700, "Angela & Jim Ross"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>Hey if anyone is interested and you don't know about it already Dick Smith
>>>have finally bought out a caller alert a small unit which you can connect
>>>your modem into and then that connects to the main phone line and a phone
>>>can be connected into phone point on the unit. It enables a single
>>>telephone line sharing solution. All you need is call waiting. It works
>>>that when an incomming call comes ( a green light flashes) and if you are
>>>connected to the internet the phone rings also and if you wish to answer
>>>the
>>>call you get automatically disconnected the interent to answer the phone.
>>>I find it really great as I don't get alot of calls but I can have the
>>>option
>>>if someone rings I can pick up. As I have caller ID it works with this
>>>also. Rings switch can be set to 0,3 or 6 rings. I can't afford a
>>>second
>>>line and I don't really have a use for jetstream. The unit costs $84 plus
>>>the cost of call waiting. Dick Smiths in Hamilton sell it as they have
>>>just opened their new superstore.
>>>
>>>Angie
>>>
>
>Ihug has what it calls internet call waiting. Brilliant for those of us that
>still use modems. It pops up a caller id box to tell you who is calling and
>you can choose to answer, ignore or send it to voice mail. Good system and
>while it had some bugs at the start it now works really well.
Its cheaper to use the Caller Alert over Ihug's service although you
do have to shell out $84 for the device (others sell it for up to
$150)
With Caller Alert all you pay is Call Waiting which is around $4 per
month. Ihug's option costs $4.95 plus $3.95 for Call Diversion to be
put on your phone.
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