yacir wrote:Bloodsong wrote:I recently received a new phone number to go with my new work location.
Normally I would log in to my console and add this to my follow-me settings.
Today however, it seems someone has this set-up on their account already.
As it gives me no indicator of who owns this account, and to my knowledge does not send the account owner an e-mail or any other sort of notification.
How do I go about getting this removed from someone else's Follow-Me so I can add it to mine?
Or even more important, avoid getting phone calls not intended for me.
I second that!! I'm now not able to use mine as a "follow-me" number. it complaints that someone else is already using the number.
how could FPL allow users to add any number without going through some verification that a number being used as "follow me" is indeed owned by the person?
I have no clue who has been using my number as a "Follow-Me" for their account.
ok, i got it resolved by a support ticket. it is not that somebody was using my number, but rather misunderstanding on how FPL call forwarding currently works (although I'm not pleased to know the way it works...but it is the way they have implemented it) .
so in summary:
when you have your account set as "call simultaneously", it basically auto-forwards to
1- your own number
2- any more numbers you have specified as "forwarding numbers"
since they implemented it that in case of simultaneously ring , they forward to the same number (to simulate calling to same number) in addition to other, you cannot use this number on any other account (as it is already being used as a forwarding number) .