| FEATURES | RESIDENTIAL PRICE | BUSINESS PRICE | INSTRUCTIONS |
Anonymous Call Rejection Refuse calls from callers who block their numbers. | $3.50 | $4.00 | Press *77 to reject callers who do not allow their name and number to
be displayed on your Caller ID unit, or who have a non-published
number. Press *87 to deactivate. |
Call Waiting When you are on the phone, a special tone will notify you of another incoming call. | $2.40 | $3.25
| When the tone notifies you of another incoming call, press the hook
switch or flash key to answer the call. Press it again to return to
your original call. |
Block Call Waiting (*70) When you don't want to be interrupted allows you to block call waiting; then reactivate it after your call. | $1.00 | $2.00
| Press *70 to block the call waiting feature. Callers will get a busy signal. Hang up to deactivate. |
Call Forwarding (72#) Forward your calls to another number. | $2.00 | $3.00 | Press 72#, wait for three beeps and a dialtone. Enter the number to
which you want your calls forwarded. Press # sign, wait for ringing and
answer. If busy or no answer, hang up and repeat first three steps. To
deactivate, press 73#, listen for three beeps and hang up.
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Preferred Call Forwarding (*63) Forward up to six number to another phone. | $3.50 | $4.00 | Press *63 and follow the voice instructions. You may select as many as
six numbers to forward to another phone number. To deactivate, press
*83. |
Call Forwarding - Busy
| $1.50
| $2.50 | |
Call Forwarding - No Answer | $1.50 | $2.50 | |
Remote Activation of Call Forwarding Activate your call forwarding from any location. | $4.50 | $6.50 | Dial 462-3333 and enter your home phone number and four-digit PIN.
Listen for two beeps and follow call forwarding instructions. |
Call Forwarding - Fixed
| $2.00 | $3.00 | |
Caller ID Name & Number
| $5.50 | $6.50 | After the second ring, the number calling will display on your Caller
ID unit. If the caller is from an area not served by this feature, the
number will not display. |
Caller ID Deluxe
| $8.00 | $9.00 | Enjoy Caller ID Name & Number even when you're already on the phone - includes Call Waiting. When you are on the phone, you will hear the Call Waiting tone, and the number calling will display on your Caller ID unit. |
Caller ID Blocking (*67) Prevents your name and number from being displayed when you make a call. | FREE | FREE | Press *67 before making your call to prevent your name and number from
being displayed on a Caller ID unit. Press *82 if you want your
non-published number to display. Both features work on a per-call
basis, but you must call the BTC office to have them activated. |
Call Return (*69) Redial your last caller, even if you didn't answer. | $3.50 | $4.50 | Press *69 and listen for the announcement of the last caller. If you
wish to return the call, press 1 and wait. If the number is busy, wait
for the announcement, then hang up. You will hear a short-short-long
ring when the line is free. The number will be dialed once you lift the
handset. To cancel, press *89. If the number is not in an area served
by *69, you will get a recording saying the call cannot be made. |
Call Return (*69) Per Call | $0.95 | $0.95 | If you do not subscribe to the monthly Call Return (*69) feature, you may use it on a per call basis at this rate. |
Call Return Block
| FREE
| FREE | Prevents call return (*69) from being used from (and charged to) your number.
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Call Repeat (*66) Get through to busy numbers as soon as they’re free. | $3.50 | $4.00 | When you get a busy signal, hang up. Then lift the receiver, listen for
a dialtone and press *66. If the line is busy, listen for the
announcement and hang up. You will hear a short-short-long ring when
the line is free. The number will be dialed once you lift the handset.
To cancel, press *86.
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Call Hold
| $2.00 | $3.00 | Press and release hook switch to talk privately to another party.
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Call Trace (*57) Trace annoying or harassing callers. | $3.00 | $3.00 | Hang up after receiving the call. Lift the receiver, listen for a
dialtone, and press *57. Listen for the announcement and hang up. If a
call waiting tone is received, the call will be traced. |
Priority Ringing (*61) Identifies up to six different numbers with a distinctive ring. | $3.50 | $4.00 | Allows you to program up to six numbers for a distinctive
short-long-short ring so you’ll know who’s calling. To activate, press
*61 and listen for voice instructions on how to turn the feature on or
off, or make changes. |
Call Transfer Transfers calls to another number. | $2.00 | $3.00 | This is used with Three-Way Calling. While you’re on the call, press the hook
switch and dial the number to be transferred to, and then press the
hook switch again.
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Special Call Acceptance (*61) Gives you control over the calls you wish to take. | $3.50 | $4.00 | Lets you program up to six numbers from which you want to accept calls;
all other callers will be blocked. To activate, press *61 and follow
the voice instructions. |
Special Call Rejection (*60) Gives you control over the calls you do not wish to take. | $3.50 | $4.00 | Lets you program up to six numbers that you wish to block; those
callers are alerted that you are not accepting calls at that time.
Other numbers will ring through as normal. To activate, press *60 and
follow the voice instructions on how to turn Special Call Rejection on
or off, or make changes.
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Do Not Disturb (*78) Lets you block all calls you do not wish to take for a given period of time. | $3.50 | $4.00 | Only callers with your personal four-digit PIN number can reach you;
all other calls are blocked. To activate, press *78; to deactivate,
press *79. To change your PIN number, press *80.
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Speed Calling (Up to 8 numbers) (74#)
| $2.50 | $3.00 | Store up to 8 numbers in memory. To set up, listen for dialtone and
press 74#. For eight numbers, dial 2 through 9 and enter each desired
number. For 30 numbers, dial 2 through 31 and enter each desired
number. Press the # button after each number entered and listen for the
confirmation tone.
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Speed Calling (Up to 30 numbers) (74#)
| $3.50 | $4.00 | Store up to 30 numbers in memory. See instructions above.
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Three-Way Calling Add a third person to your conversation. | $2.75 | $3.50 | To add a third person to your call, put your original party on hold by
depressing the hook switch. Listen for three beeps and a dialtone. Dial
the number of the person you want to add to the call. When the third
person is connected, depress the hook switch again and to put the
original party on the call.
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Three-Way Calling Per Call
| $0.95 | $0.95 | If you do not subscribe to the monthly Three-Way Calling feature, you may use it on a per call basis at this rate.
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Three-Way Call Block
| FREE | FREE | Prevents three-way calls from being placed from (or charged to) your number.
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Warm Line / Hot Line Valuable features that allow you to check on a parent’s or other family member’s well-being. | $2.50 | $3.50 | Warm Line automatically dials a pre-designated number 30 seconds after
the handset is lifted; Hot Line dials a pre-selected number immediately
after the handset is lifted.
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Personal Ringing Lets you get up to three numbers assigned to your home telephone line,
each with unique ringing patterns so you know who the call is for. | $4.00 | N/A | |
Toll Control w/ PIN(*52) Requires long distance calls to be placed using an assigned four-digit personal identification number. | $3.00 | $4.00 |
Press *52 and wait for the dialtone. Enter the PIN and listen for two beeps. Then dial the number you wish to call. |
Toll Denial Prevents any direct-dialed long distance calls from being placed from your number. | $2.00 | $2.00 | |
900 Block Prevents calls from being placed from your number to 1-900 numbers. | FREE | FREE | |
Collect / Third Number Block Prevents collect calls and/or calls from another location from being charged to your number. | FREE
| FREE | |
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