Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 9 Jun 91 20:55:19 EDT From: Ken Jongsma Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Remote Call Forwarding Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 440, Message 1 of 10 Lines: 30 From the June 17th issue of {Business Week}: Forwarding telephone calls is a great way to stay in touch when you head out of town, but it has one big drawback: In most places, you must enter the forwarding number from your own home or office phone. That's a problem if you don't know that number until you arrive at your new destination. Now, more phone companies are beginning to offer "remote access to call forwarding," which lets you punch in a forwarding number from any telephone. Within the past few months, Southwestern Bell Corp. began offering the service in Austin, Tex.; Bell Atlantic Corp. started it in the Maryland suburbs of Washington; and BellSouth Corp. introduced it throughout North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. It's not exactly a technology breakthrough: Centel Corp. has offered it Las Vegas since around 1985. But Centel charges $15 a month- far more than the Bells. Southwestern Bell, for instance, is charging residential customers $1.50 a month for remote access, plus $2.10 a month for basic call forwarding. Ken Jongsma ken@wybbs.mi.org Smiths Industries jongsma@esseye.si.com Grand Rapids, Michigan 73115.1041@compuserve.com [Moderator's Note: But SW Bell had a *major* problem in St. Louis last week affecting a few thousand data lines. A special mailing from the Digest late Sunday night will go out with full details. PAT]