[BC] Cell Phone Number Questions

[Tom]

No.  One phone number per Electronic ID number.  AFAIK, no-one's made a 
multi-line cell phone yet - which is what you're really asking.

I asked that same question of then-Cingular a while back... and the 
service tech was nice enough to explain how it works.  The phone 
wouldn't know what to do with two incoming signals at once, and the CO 
software wasn't written with multi-line phones in mind. 

Although it would seem to be a neat thing to have... although Call 
Waiting (tm) accomplishes the same or similar function.  One way to do 
it might be - if your wireline provider offers it, not all do - and 
those that DO offer, you have to ask specifically for it...

Remote Call Forwarding.

No wires, no instruments - but calls to that number are transferred to 
whatever number you'd like.

Contest lines are frequently done this way, AAMOF - eg: 239-WINO could 
actually ring 989-8989 (same or different area code)... as well as all 
the toll-free and Special Toll (900, 976) numbers.

If RCF gets blank stares, try asking about it as 800 service or 
something.  Like I said, not all wireline providers offer it.

Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> No, the rules don't apply to them.
>
> When I had my number ported form the small independent company to 
> Charter.. Charter told me it'd take 10 days to 2 weeks. About day 25, 
> my rep told me "They were being the toughest they'd ever seen".
>
> Charter came to install the internet, tv and phone service around day 
> 30 and it still wasnt ready.. about Day 40, I had to threaten the 
> phone company by reporting them to various federal and state agencies 
> before they'd fork over my number.
>
> I know the porting of numbers doesnt cost anything.. but my uqesiton 
> about cost was.. could I HAVE 2 numbers on my cell without actually 
> having 2 lines? (Like you would with a family plan?
>
> Paul
>
>
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