Use Call Waiting

Call Waiting lets you take another call while you’re already on the phone. Learn to enable and disable this feature.

INSTRUCTIONS & INFO
Call Waiting is included for free with your phone service. It lets you take another call while you’re already on the phone. A special tone will indicate an incoming call. If your phone has caller ID, the number of the incoming caller display.

Answer a waiting call

  1. Press the Flash button to put the first call on hold. 
  2. To return to the first call or switch back and forth between the calls, press the Flash or Hang Up button. 

Turn Call Waiting on or off

  • Turn off: Press *370# from your home phone.
  • Turn on: Press *371# from your home phone. 

Disable for a single call

If you’d like to turn Call Waiting off for only one call:
  1. Press *70 to temporarily disable Call Waiting before dialing the number. 
  2. Enter the number you want to call
  3. Press # to initiate the call.
Once you hang up, Call Waiting will turn back on automatically.

Disable during a call

  1. Press the Flash or Hang Up button, putting your call on hold.
  2. Dial *70# to temporarily disable Call Waiting. 
  3. Press the Flash or Hang Up button again to return to your call.
Once you hang up, Call Waiting will turn back on automatically.
Last updated: December 7, 2022

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