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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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The Maryland Public Service Commission asks that customers ensure that automated dialing systems, contact lists, medical alert devices, alarm security systems, voicemail and call forwarding services are updated to recognize the 227 code as valid.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2023

The example Google gives us is that of setting up call forwarding.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2018

This includes a mailbox, call display, call forwarding, call alert and toggling between phonecalls.

From Time Magazine Archive

The CallVantage fee includes voice mail, caller ID, call forwarding and conference calling.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a cellular phone exchange meaning that while he dialed the Toronto 416 area code, the call was probably rerouted by call forwarding to another location, also connected by cellular phone.

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

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