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Dial-Up Through Long Distance Calling Card

TwiggyTwiggy
edited April 2017 in Software
so, my parents still have a landline, but no long distance, so when I tried to dial into a local access number earlier today, it did not work. I know why, I didn't use a calling card.

However, how would you use a calling card in your computer? The IE5 internet options, do not allow you to use a calling card because it begins getting the number by asking for the area code, but a calling card number should go before the area code.

Anyone know, what to do?

Comments

  • BlueSunBlueSun
    In control panel, open the telephony applet. It will let you specify options for calling cards and whatnot:

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  • TwiggyTwiggy
    BlueSun wrote:
    In control panel, open the telephony applet. It will let you specify options for calling cards and whatnot:

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    Thank you, I will try this on my Windows 98 system tomorrow.

    For Windows 3.1 with TCPMAN or trumpet winsock, can you do similar?
  • BlueSunBlueSun
    popeyewinter wrote:
    For Windows 3.1 with TCPMAN or trumpet winsock, can you do similar?

    I would imagine so, but I don't have anything with trumpet installed to test with.
  • TwiggyTwiggy
    so, it dials the calling card perfectly fine, however it automatically enters the pin, and then I get in spanish something like "enter pin digital" and when I try to press numbers I just get a beep and before I can enter the entire pin, it goes "presta" or something like that and hangs up.

    What to do now?

    I'm using this access number, considering I am in Canada, it's not local for sure. however I am using a calling card anyways so whatever. http://freedialupguys.com/onlinenow.htm#619
  • TwiggyTwiggy
    nvm, I got it working, unfortunately, those numbers do not work anymore, and are now answering machines and contests instead.
  • TwiggyTwiggy
    screw it, I am buying myself a dial-up service.

    A company called "Canada Online" has an unlimited Dial-Up package for $14.99CAD, which I can do because I remembered I had a $29.99USD monthly, subscription to a pornsite network, and you can find lots of porn for free, so I cancelled that membership to justify paying for the dial-up.

    The only payment option is credit though, and I don't have that, so I e-mailed their sales address and asked if I could use paypal.

    We'll see tomorrow.
  • BlueSunBlueSun
    $14.99 is still kind of ridiculous for a dialup internet service in 2017.
  • TwiggyTwiggy
    BlueSun wrote:
    $14.99 is still kind of ridiculous for a dialup internet service in 2017.

    I went with another one, 9.95, unlimited, and the local number, truly is a local number. I already tried it on the Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600, (98 SE, Pentium 3 @ 700mhz). It works, not as bad as people say it is, but definitely slow.

    I might as well now buy a external usb modem for my computer, considering I'm already paying for dial-up, and I could use it as a backup.
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