[BC] Cell Phone Number Questions

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Um, no.  I have friends in Europe, the UK mostly, who have two  
numbers on their GSM phones.

There MAY be issues in the switching equipment in the US -- but it is  
only software.  It IS possible on GSM.  I have never heard or read it  
is possible on CDMA, but that is nearly a US ONLY issue, and limited  
to Verizon and Sprint in the US.

On May 22, 2008, at 6:00 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 20:28:09 -0400
> From: Tom <radiofreetom at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BC] Cell Phone Number Questions
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> 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