 KPU
Telecommunications
User Guides
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| Continuous
Redial
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| How
it works: |
| You can save time by not dialing
busy numbers over and over. Your phone rings
you as soon as the line is free, and automatically
connects you. |
| 1. |
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When
you hear a busy signal, press and release the
“switchhook.” Listen for a special
tone. |
| 2. |
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If
you’ve already hung up, lift the handset
and listen for a normal dial tone. |
| 3. |
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Press
*66,. (On a rotary phone, dial 1166.) |
| 4. |
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If
the line is still busy, hang up. Your phone
will check the number for up to 30 minutes. |
| 5. |
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A
special callback ring alerts you if the line
becomes free (some phones ring normally). |
| 6. |
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Lift
the handset to automatically place the call. |
| To
cancel Continuous Redial request: |
| 1. |
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Depress the “switchhook”
and release. Listen for a special dial tone. |
| 2. |
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If you’ve already
hung up, lift the handset and listen for a normal
dial tone. |
| 3. |
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Press *86. (On rotary phone,
dial 1186.) |
| 4. |
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Listen for the confirmation
tone or announcement. Hang up. |
Note:
* To start the 30-minute clock, repeat steps
1 - 4 under “How to use.”
* Automatic Callback can check as many as 31
busy lines at once for you. To know which call
is being completed, you must subscribe to Calling
ID service.
* Does not work on "800" numbers,
"900" numbers, numbers outside the
specified service area, or on lines where Call
Forward and some other call services have been
activated.
* The “switchhook” is the button the
handset pushes down when you hang up the phone. |
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