What is call forwarding?
Call forwarding is a feature of your phone service from your telephone company, usually Qwest, Verizon, Eschelon, Integra, Oregon Telecom or SBC. Here are the two most popular types of call forwarding. Call forward busy or don’t answer: Calls are automatically transferred to Business Connections when all of your lines are busy, or after a preset number of rings. (+) Everything is automatic. You never need to activate or deactivate call forwarding. If all of your lines are in use, calls will be transferred to Business Connections. A GREAT way to prepare for a disaster (i.e. contractor digs up your phone line, Ice Storm, Earthquake, Wind Storm, Tornado or Flood eliminates electricity at your office)…remember multi-line phone systems need electricity to operate. If the above disaster occurs your phones will still be answered 24 hours a day by a Helpful Human at Business Connections since the call forwards to us after the 3rd ring and this is done at the phone company central office. (–)
Call Forwarding allows you to forward your calls to another number, such as your cellular phone. Tell Call Forwarding where to forward calls by pressing *12 on your AT&T CallVantage service phone and listen for three beep tones, then dial the 10-digit number you want your calls forwarded to. You should hear three beeps letting you know the service is in effect, and calls will be forwarded to the other number. To deactivate Call Forwarding press *73 on your AT&T CallVantage service phone and listen for the three beeps. You can then reactivate Call Forwarding to the previously stored number by dialing *72 on your AT&T CallVantage service phone and listening for the three beeps. To set a different number to forward to, follow the *12 dialing sequence described above. Calls cannot be forwarded to 911, to 900 numbers, to 700 numbers, or to 3-digit number such as 400. Call forwarding is always available to you. It is an included feature available to you at no extra charge. There are no setti
Sometimes referred to as call diverting, call forwarding is a process that allows incoming telephone calls to be routed to another point of termination. That point of termination may be another extension in the office, a handheld device such as a cell phone, or to any other landline desired. The main benefit of call forwarding is that it allows people to not miss important telephone calls when they are unable to remain at the location where the telephone number usually terminates. Early examples of call forwarding were in the form of an internal function found in a number of business telephone systems. The feature allowed users to redirect phone calls from one extension to another extension that was on the same internal network. This made it possible to easily re-route calls away from the desks of employees who were out or away for a period of time. Doing so meant that callers did not have to leave messages or redial another exchange in order to speak with someone in the office. By the
