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call forwarding

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noun

  1. a telephone service feature whereby, when a customer chooses, all calls coming in to one number are automatically rerouted to another, designated number.

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Call forwarding, caller ID, call waiting, three-way calling and rejection of anonymous calls cost a total of $17.76 a month in September 2006, and $47 by January 2015.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2016

Call forwarding services offered the ultimate in protection.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn

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