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In article <KUiCc.902$LC7.807@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com>, Steve Kraus
<screen@SPAMBLOCKfilmteknik.com> wrote:

> When did SBC abolish remote access call forwarding* and why?  

I have XO for my biz lines just for this reason.

Steve Kraus 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.

I don't recall when, but it was because remote-callback was being used
to perpetrate fraud using others' call-back numbers.  Clarification?

trent
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"Steve Kraus" <screen@SPAMBLOCKfilmteknik.com> wrote in message
news:KUiCc.902$LC7.807@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com...
> 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)

This was recently ruled illegal in California.
http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/154266-4507-031.html

> 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.

You can still get it in CA:
http://www02.sbc.com/Products_Services/Residential/ProdInfo_1/1,,184--1-3-2,00.html

It says you have to call to order.

Brad Houser

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

> You can still get it in CA:
> http://www02.sbc.com/Products_Services/Residential/ProdInfo_1/1,,184--1
> -3-2,00.html 

I found a similar thing on the web page after indicating Illinois.  But 
must not be available on my switch as the people I talked to said it 
doesn't even appear on their computers as an offered service.  Anyway, the 
web page indicated 19.95 per month.  That can't be right, can it?  I'm 
going with a call diverter box.  May keep but telco CF but the box may come 
in handy at times.

> go here
> 
> http://www.vikingelectronics.com/
> 
> products, misc./remote access, VK-RAD-AMP

That looks like just the ticket.  I may be able to pick up a Telematrix 
diverter box for dirt cheap.  But presuming you get what you pay for I may 
well be getting the Viking anyway.  I'll give the former a shot first 
though.