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Article #440Re: SBC & Remote Access Call Forwarding
From: imatoiletplunger
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:15
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:15
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On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:15:22 GMT, Steve Kraus
<screen@SPAMBLOCKfilmteknik.com> wrote:
>When did SBC abolish remote access call forwarding* and why? I had it from
>Ameritech, continued it when I signed up with an alternative telco that
>simply resold SBC/Ameritech service ("CLEC"). I recently switched back to
>SBC since they hold DSL hostage (you have to have their voice service
>before they or anyone can put DSL on their line) and I'm horrified to learn
>that they don't offer this service although their switch obviously still
>does it since it was working up to the moment of changing back to SBC. My
>business is very small and I forward to my cel when I'm not there. Remote
>controlability of CF was an important feature and I'm going to have to
>scramble to come up with an alternative. Frankly, had I known I would not
>have switched and feel I have been duped. There is another provider who
>actually runs their own wires and already has a presence in our building so
>may have to look into that.
>
>(* This is a service that lets you call a number from elsewhere, enter your
>phone number, a PIN and follow prompts to activate or deactivate call
>forwarding.)
>
>Can anyone recommend a good, simple, and inexpensive CF box that I can use
>that will answer a line and dial out on a 2nd line? Needs remote control
>of course but don't need any other features. I would probably keep telco
>CF but use this in situations where I would have used remote access in the
>past.
go here
http://www.vikingelectronics.com/
products, misc./remote access, VK-RAD-AMP
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