This service gives you control over the privacy of your telephone line for short periods, such as when you are on an important call, or for longer periods when you simply do not wish to be disturbed with incoming calls. When enabled the calling party hears a busy tone or an announcement stating that the party at the called number does not wish to be interrupted. This does not affect outgoing calls on your line. This feature also assumes that when a line has this service activate, all incoming calls are to be automatically routed to voice mail if voice mail is available, otherwise the call is routed to an announcement or busy signal.

To enable:

      1. Lift handset and wait for dial tone.
      2. Dial *??
      3. Wait for a confirmation tone, or an announcement confirming that the feature is activated.
      4. Hang up.

To disable:

      1. Lift handset and wait for dial tone.
      2. Dial *??
      3. Wait for confirmation tone, or an announcement confirming that the feature is deactivated.
      4. Hang up.