How to Monitor a House Phone While on Vacation

Vacations are meant to be relaxing, and the last thing you want to worry about is missing an important phone call while you are away. Call forwarding makes it possible to remotely monitor your home phone by redirecting your calls to another phone, such as your cell or vacation house phone.

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  .Dial *72 on your home phone to activate call forwarding. For a rotary phone, dial 1172.

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  Enter the 10-digit number, including area code, of the phone where you want your home phone calls to be forwarded (ex. 1-305-555-5555). When the called phone is answered, call forwarding is activated.

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  Repeat steps 2 and 3 if the called phone cannot be answered or the called phone is busy. Wait to hear a confirmation tone. Your calls will now be forwarded.

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  Deactivate call forwarding when you return home by dialing *73. For a rotary phone dial 1173. Wait to hear a tone confirming your home phone calls will no longer be forwarded.