Easy question about sending * to carrier

[chkbrt]

Can i send, say *72 out of the IPO? I checked all the help files and there is not entry for *. Thanks for any info.

 

[ronromano]

How are you tring to do this? In a speed dial or callflow or what?

 

[chkbrt]

short code

 

[tlpeter]

you can send what you want
the only restriction is the provider
if they are taking it then you can do it


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[chkbrt]

I always thought that a * represented a pause in the tele # string ?

 

[kwing112000]

You can do this. I have a system sending a *67 on a few of the extensions to block the caller ID. The provider would not take the W to send with held so i had to put in user codes and the code looks like this
[9]1N;
*671N

 

[jconrad0305]

i have found it better to use 72# but depening on the carrier. it should work. what i do is put a line appearance for the line you want to forward and just dial the *72 wait for dialtone again the dial the number you want to forward to and that is it.

Also you can make a short code that send thes *72 out the unique outgoing group id with that number as the only one in the group depending on what you want to do.

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[HarrisD1200]

If a carrier has problems with a *, try substituting a 11 (ie, *67 becomes 1167), sometimes this will fix a problem of the carrier not recognizing codes.

 

[fshaw]

Build 2 system shortcodes:
[9]*72 / Dial / *72 / 0 to forward.
and
[9]*73 / Dial / *73 / 0 to unforward.

The pain of this is that you do not always get Line 1. You may have to dial it a few times to get the main line (not an issue with 2-3 lines). I think this work with 4.0 using ARS, but I have not tested yet.

Good luck,
Frank

Frank Robertshaw
The Phone Guy
Nashville, TN