Call Forwarding

Ukap · 02-05-2006, 12:50

This might seem like a dumb question - but I have never tried this. I have AT&T for my long distance & international on my USA home phone. However - I have a local company for my service, billing and local calls.

If I forward my home phone to my global sim cell phone, would I be charged for international calls from my local provider or will the call forwarding also apply to my ATT long distance?

DRNewcomb · 02-05-2006, 14:04

I Ass-U-Me that it would be charged by your long distance carrier. Why don't you try it and see.

prion · 02-05-2006, 14:37

You would surely be charged for the international portion of the call. Who would charge it depends on which you use. Probably AT&T

Ukap · 03-05-2006, 02:35

Let me try & explain better!

My USA local service has horrendous long distance & international rates.
However their local service is good. They provide my phone line & bill.

My long distance/International carrier associated with my home-line is AT&T & I get great rates from them. I get a seperate bill from AT&T for just the long distance & international.

If I forward my home phone to my Global sim cell phone - will my local home line be charging me their high rates or will AT&T who are my chosen longdistance/international carrier automatically bill this call even when forwarded?

MATHA531 · 03-05-2006, 03:09

AT&T

snidely · 14-06-2006, 06:51

As Matha said, billing on forwarded LD would be billedl like direccted dialed LD. ATT in this case.
HOWEVER, most local carriers (major exception is Verizon) do NOT permit you to program the system to forward to intl. numbers. SBC does not.
I have had to use www.kall8.com to forwardd calls overseas. Forward my calls to the Kall8 number that then forwards to overseas number.
I am hoping that YackieMobile, being discussed in another thread here, will solve my problem. They give you a "local" number keyed to your intl. SIM. They seem to be a new start up and they won't be sending out SIMS for about a week. No one here has tried them, yet.

...mike

Stu · 15-06-2006, 07:48

When I used to have a landline in the US, I used Simplicity long distance from Americom. I had no problems forwarding abroad and they had a 10 cent rate to Lichtenstein.

I've since gone VOIP and with my Asterisk box have no problems forwarding abroad. If you want a good forward number which charges no monthly line rental, take a look at Voicestick. It is a VOIP service, but it also offers international call forwarding. Many VOIP providers have stopped international call forwarding because of the high incidents of toll fraud.

Stu

snidely · 15-06-2006, 18:29

Stu - Thanks for the tip about "voicestick". I just signed up for their "free" service where you can set up CF to an overseas number. In my case to Costa Rica. They charge 5?/min. The lowest rates I could find before this were dial arounds. Pingo at 6?, Tel3advantage at 7?, Onesuite, 8? and Lingo, our main LD carrier (VOIP), 9?. Lingo does provide telco quality and instantaneous connection.
The couple of test calls i made had very good quality - much better than the dial arounds. Connection time was acceptable. There seemed to be some "false" connections (which i was charged for). We'll have to see how that goes.

...mike

Stu · 15-06-2006, 18:36

Voicestick also has a good virtual calling card feature which is handy.

Their rates to UK mobiles are also pretty good. They have the best rates to the UAE that I have seen.

TheMadBrewer · 15-06-2006, 20:51

I also just signed up with voicestick -- primarily because of those rates to UK mobiles (spending 10 days in london next month). I will fwd calls to my voicestick number which will fwd to my Virgin UK mobile (Hopefully!)

Has anybody used the actual USB stick in a public (i.e. internet cafe) computer? I would be interested in how well it worked (and did you run into firewall problems).

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Ukap (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 47 Join Date: 27 Apr 2006 Location: South Florida Country:	02-05-2006, 12:50 This might seem like a dumb question - but I have never tried this. I have AT&T for my long distance & international on my USA home phone. However - I have a local company for my service, billing and local calls. If I forward my home phone to my global sim cell phone, would I be charged for international calls from my local provider or will the call forwarding also apply to my ATT long distance?

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	02-05-2006, 14:04 I Ass-U-Me that it would be charged by your long distance carrier. Why don't you try it and see.

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prion (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 589 Join Date: 01 May 2006 Location: Greece Country:	02-05-2006, 14:37 You would surely be charged for the international portion of the call. Who would charge it depends on which you use. Probably AT&T

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Ukap (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 47 Join Date: 27 Apr 2006 Location: South Florida Country:	03-05-2006, 02:35 Let me try & explain better! My USA local service has horrendous long distance & international rates. However their local service is good. They provide my phone line & bill. My long distance/International carrier associated with my home-line is AT&T & I get great rates from them. I get a seperate bill from AT&T for just the long distance & international. If I forward my home phone to my Global sim cell phone - will my local home line be charging me their high rates or will AT&T who are my chosen longdistance/international carrier automatically bill this call even when forwarded?

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	03-05-2006, 03:09 AT&T

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snidely (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 451 Join Date: 09 May 2005 Location: Berkeley, California and Miami Country:	14-06-2006, 06:51 As Matha said, billing on forwarded LD would be billedl like direccted dialed LD. ATT in this case. HOWEVER, most local carriers (major exception is Verizon) do NOT permit you to program the system to forward to intl. numbers. SBC does not. I have had to use www.kall8.com to forwardd calls overseas. Forward my calls to the Kall8 number that then forwards to overseas number. I am hoping that YackieMobile, being discussed in another thread here, will solve my problem. They give you a "local" number keyed to your intl. SIM. They seem to be a new start up and they won't be sending out SIMS for about a week. No one here has tried them, yet. ...mike Make use of T-M's UMA/wifi free calling from any place in the world with access to wifi. I use an LG G6, wife an S7) A/o Oct 20, 2013 no need for intl prepaid as T-Mobile U.S. includes voice roaming at 20¢/min (in and out)., unlimited text (in and out), and unlimited data in 140+ countries. My Plan -[6 lines] U.S. T-Mobile unlimited minutes (incoming and outgoing), unlimited text, fast data on each line. that $145/mo. total! . (In U.S. no surcharge for calling a cell.) If a line exceeds 2G of data in a month, pay $10 more for that line. [That only happens a couple times/year.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	15-06-2006, 07:48 When I used to have a landline in the US, I used Simplicity long distance from Americom. I had no problems forwarding abroad and they had a 10 cent rate to Lichtenstein. I've since gone VOIP and with my Asterisk box have no problems forwarding abroad. If you want a good forward number which charges no monthly line rental, take a look at Voicestick. It is a VOIP service, but it also offers international call forwarding. Many VOIP providers have stopped international call forwarding because of the high incidents of toll fraud. Stu

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snidely (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 451 Join Date: 09 May 2005 Location: Berkeley, California and Miami Country:	15-06-2006, 18:29 Stu - Thanks for the tip about "voicestick". I just signed up for their "free" service where you can set up CF to an overseas number. In my case to Costa Rica. They charge 5?/min. The lowest rates I could find before this were dial arounds. Pingo at 6?, Tel3advantage at 7?, Onesuite, 8? and Lingo, our main LD carrier (VOIP), 9?. Lingo does provide telco quality and instantaneous connection. The couple of test calls i made had very good quality - much better than the dial arounds. Connection time was acceptable. There seemed to be some "false" connections (which i was charged for). We'll have to see how that goes. ...mike Make use of T-M's UMA/wifi free calling from any place in the world with access to wifi. I use an LG G6, wife an S7) A/o Oct 20, 2013 no need for intl prepaid as T-Mobile U.S. includes voice roaming at 20¢/min (in and out)., unlimited text (in and out), and unlimited data in 140+ countries. My Plan -[6 lines] U.S. T-Mobile unlimited minutes (incoming and outgoing), unlimited text, fast data on each line. that $145/mo. total! . (In U.S. no surcharge for calling a cell.) If a line exceeds 2G of data in a month, pay $10 more for that line. [That only happens a couple times/year.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	15-06-2006, 18:36 Voicestick also has a good virtual calling card feature which is handy. Their rates to UK mobiles are also pretty good. They have the best rates to the UAE that I have seen.

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TheMadBrewer (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 127 Join Date: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Marina del Rey, CA Country:	15-06-2006, 20:51 I also just signed up with voicestick -- primarily because of those rates to UK mobiles (spending 10 days in london next month). I will fwd calls to my voicestick number which will fwd to my Virgin UK mobile (Hopefully!) Has anybody used the actual USB stick in a public (i.e. internet cafe) computer? I would be interested in how well it worked (and did you run into firewall problems). Whole bunch of SIMs, mostly dead, some still working...