Hi Matt -
how can I get all the phones to enable call waiting by default instead
of having to dial *70 on each one to activate call waiting?
What phones? are you using Avaya, or Toshiba? Since you are posting to this list I will guess you are using Asterisk, in which case I have no clue why *70 is there in the first place. Did you notice that the guy that went to the Doctor that his eye hurts when drinking coffee, refused to remove the spoon from the cup?
I'm using Sipura SPA-841 and SPA-2000 phones and ATAs... Yes.. it's a good assumption that I'm using asterisk, since I posted to this list.... Umm *70 is there to turn call waiting on/off in the asterisk database.
I think what C F was trying to get at is:
1) When you post a question it helps very much if you are as specific as possible. Provide as many details as you can. From your original post, it was very unclear what you were getting at.
2) Read. Don't be lazy. Take the time to learn. Don't expect somebody else on the list to spoon feed you answers. Nobody is paid to read this list, and most people will appreciate you putting in a little effort. Somebody probably will give you the answers eventually, but you'll get the answer a lot faster if you've shown that you tried to find the answer yourself first.
How to search for answers: a) Digium's Asterisk Documentation: http://www.digium.com/index.php?menu=documentation
b) The Wiki http://www.voip-info.org/
c) Google search of this list: <search terms> site:lists.digium.com
d) Asterisk Documentation Project http://www.asteriskdocs.org/
Now, to answer your question - *70 is a feature available from many standard phone providers. You can use it to tell your provider to turn off call waiting. If you never want call waiting, it might be a good idea to have the phone company disable it (you might save some money). If you can't do that, or you still want it sometimes, you can tell asterisk to just ignore call waiting. To do so, it would depend on what kind of incoming connection you are using. If it is a Zap line, you can disable call waiting in zapata.conf (callwaiting=no). If it is an iax or sip connection, it's probably easiest tell your provider to turn it off, though there are ways to do it in the dialplan if this is not possible. I don't know about the other connection types.
I hope this helps, Noah
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