Any way for many people forward to ONE number

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sheit
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Any way for many people forward to ONE number

Post by sheit »

I tried to tell more persons(eg my colleague, my family, house mates,...etc) your service but I STOPPED since it looks your "Followme" function cannot let more than one FPL number to forward to ONE phone number. If I let more persons(eg. colleague) to know this service, they may have a chance to forward their number to the same office/house as mine. As a result, I lost some ability to forward my FPL to my home/office.

I am wondering is this a necessary for FPL to set this rule? :?:
I think this rule is NOT a good practice to promote your service unless FPL cannot handle more people to join your service. :!:
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Re: Any way for many people forward to ONE number

Post by FONGO_steve »

This feature is done to prevent number harvesting - a big issue when you give away phone numbers for free.

Since we're a residential service, the vast majority of residential users should have no real need to forward several phone numbers back to one. Businesses do. We realize that this will be an inconvenience for some, and do apologize for that.
Steve
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