# Modem question from my barber.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/modem-question-from-my-barber/20191>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [November 14, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/modem-question-from-my-barber/20191 "2006-11-14T11:05:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/modem-question-from-my-barber/20191/1 "2006-11-14T11:05:03Z")

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So my barber is old school.

At his barber shop he has this old computer that he uses dialup on. He pays like 40 bucks a year for the service, he doesn’t want high speed.

But when he’s on the internet its tying up his phone line that customers call on.

How can he make it so it boots him offline when a call comes in?

I’ve heard of this before, is it some software or a hardware thingy that goes in the phoneline?

Does he need call waiting or something?

Thanks,  
J

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**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/modem-question-from-my-barber/20191/2 "2006-11-14T11:07:17Z")

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[http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,62163-page,1-c,modems/article.html](http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,62163-page,1-c,modems/article.html)

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**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/modem-question-from-my-barber/20191/3 "2006-11-14T11:12:18Z")

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weird, i’m looking at that url right now…

v.92 4l