Dial up hints

>
>  Many people have mentioned the busy signals on 545-3700.
>
>  Here are some tips on how to get through to 545-3700!  This message
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>
>  If you are experiencing busy signals, and the redial on your terminal
>program or PPP software is slow, you may want to connect manually.  For
>people using standard modems (Hayes compatible), you can issue a few
>commands to the modem to help you:
>
>     ATS11=42 < return >  This will speed up the dialing of your modem to
>                         the fastest rate the phone system can handle.
>
>     ATS6=1 < return >     This will make the modem wait only 1 second instead
>                         of 2 for the dial tone.  1 second is usually enough.
>
>     ATM1  < return >      Turns on your modem's speaker so you can hear it
>                         dial
>
>     A/                  Repeats your last command.  (NOTE: don't hit return)
>
>  So, you could type ATDT*705453700  and then as soon as you hear
>a busy signal, tap return once to tell the modem to hang up, then immediately
>hit A/ (no return).... hear the busy?  tap return...
>
>A/ busy? tap return
>A/ busy? tap return
>A/ busy? tap return
>A/ busy? tap return
>A/ busy? tap return  etc.
>
>  I have never had to wait more than 1 minute using this method.  Of course,
>In that one minute, I dial about 20-25 times.  Hope this helps some of you.
>Don't tell the OIT people :)

Another hint for users of US Robotics modems:

        A>      Repeat dial last number 10 times with a 2 second pause
                in between.   This one might make the phone co. unhappy.

also:   ATDL    Redial last number (also US Robotics)