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Allows the subscriber to add a third party to an existing call without operator assistance.

How to Use 3-Way Calling:

The first call may either be an incoming call or a call initiated by you; depress the switchhook for about one second. This will place the first call on hold. Listen for the dial tone. Then dial the next person. When that person answers, you may talk privately with this person before you make the call 3-way. To add this person to the 3-way call, depress the switchhook for about one second to add the person on hold. Your 3-way call is now underway. If for some reason the call to the last person is not completed or you decide not to add that person to the call, depress the switchhook twice to resume your conversation with the person on hold.

If either of the other two people hang up, you can continue to talk to the remaining one.

How to Disconnect Completely:

Simply hang up.

Notes:

You are responsible for all long distance charges on calls that you initiate. To cancel Call Waiting before making your 3-way call, push *70 on your touchtone phone (1170) for rotary phone). You will hear three short tones followed by a dial tone. Place your call. Call Waiting will automatically be reinstated when you hang up. If you have the Speed Calling Feature, you may use your Speed Calling codes when you are setting up a 3-Way Call. May not work with key systems.

Allows the subscriber to reject all calls that are Caller ID Blocked by a caller. The caller will be routed to a recorded message that states “We’re sorry the party you are calling does not wish to talk to callers who block their numbers, if you wish to reach this party, please hang up and place your call again without blocking your number.” This is done by dialing *82

How to Temporarily De-Activate Anonymous Call Rejection:

Lift the receiver and push *87 on your touchtone phone (1187 for rotary phones).

How to Re-Activate Anonymous Call Rejection:

Lift the receiver and push *77 on your touchtone phone (1177 for rotary phones).

Redirects your telephone calls to another telephone number only when your telephone line is busy.

How to Use Call Forwarding - Busy Line:

Lift the handset and listen for the dial tone. Push *90 on your touchtone phone (1190 for rotary phone). Again, listen for dial tone. Now, dial the number where you wish your calls forwarded. When someone answers at the forwarded number, your Call Forwarding - Busy Line feature is now in effect. If there is no answer, or if the line is busy, hang up and repeat the previous steps. If you do this within two minutes, you'll hear two beeps meaning your Call Forwarding - Busy Line feature is now working.

How to Cancel Call Forwarding - Busy Line:

Lift the handset and listen for the dial tone. Push *91 on your touchtone phone (1191 for rotary phone). Listen for two beeps. Call Forwarding - Busy Line is now deactivated and calls will ring on your phone.

Notes:

If you have the Speed Calling Feature, you may use your Speed Calling codes when you are programming your Call Forwarding calls. The subscriber will pay additional toll charges when forwarded to a long distance number.

Redirects your telephone calls to another telephone number if you do not answer your telephone call within a pre-specified number of seconds (default is 20 seconds). The number of telephone seconds before your call is forwarded is determined by you, the subscriber, but set by the telephone company.

How to Use Call Forwarding - Don't Answer:

Lift the handset and listen for the dial tone. Push *92 on your touchtone phone (1192 for rotary phone). Again, listen for dial tone. Now, dial the number where you wish your calls forwarded. When someone answers at the forwarded number, your Call Forwarding - Don't Answer feature is now in effect. If there is no answer, or if the line is busy, hang up and repeat the previous steps. If you do this within two minutes, you'll hear two beeps meaning your Call Forwarding - Don't Answer feature is now working. If customer requests just one call to forward to number if no answer, we can make this so no answer is required or no second call is needed. Simply dial the forward to number. You will hear two beeps and it is activated.

How to Cancel Call Forwarding - Don't Answer:

Lift the handset and listen for the dial tone. Push *93 on your touchtone phone (1193 for rotary phone) Listen for two beeps. Call Forwarding - Don't Answer is now deactivated and calls will ring on your phone.

Notes:

If you have the Speed Calling Feature, you may use your Speed Calling codes when you are programming your Call Forwarding calls. The subscriber will pay additional toll charges when forwarded to a long distance number.

Allows you to activate call forwarding from a location other than your home phone. By using this feature, you may dial a special code to have your calls forwarded to another telephone number.

How to use Call Forwarding Remote:

Dial the special access number:

For BEK Communications Cooperative exchanges and Rural Bismarck - Dial 475-2001.

Other BEK exchanges – Dial 1-701-475-2001.

Dial your ten-digit home or office telephone number that has call forwarding remote, followed by your four digit personal ID number (this is the last four digits of your phone number). You will hear three short beeps.

Push *72 on your touch-tone phone (1172 for rotary phone) to activate call forwarding. Listen for dial tone.

Dial the number you want your calls forwarded to. If forwarded to a local number, you must dial a seven-digit number. If forwarded to a long distance number, you must dial 1-area code-seven digit number – (see note two below). When someone answers at the forwarded number, your Call Forwarding feature is now in effect.

If there is no answer, or if the line is busy, hang up and repeat the previous steps again. If you do this within two minutes you will hear a recording stating that call forwarding is already activated. This may result in the placing of two calls.

How to cancel Call Forwarding Remote:

Dial the special access number:

For BEK Communications Cooperative exchanges and Rural Bismarck - Dial 475-2001.

Other BEK exchanges – Dial 1-701-475-2001.

Dial your seven-digit home or office telephone number that has CALL FORWARDING REMOTE, followed by your four-digit PERSONAL ID NUMBER. You will hear three short beeps.

Push *73 on your touch-tone phone (1173 for rotary phone) to deactivate call forwarding. Listen for dial tone. Call Forwarding is now deactivated and calls will now ring on your home or office phone.

Notes:

You have three chances to enter the correct telephone number that has Call Forwarding Remote and your PIN number. After three attempts, you will be disconnected. You must hang up and try again.

The subscriber will pay additional toll charges when forwarded to a long distance number. The charges will appear on the bill of the original number dialed.

Allows you to dial a special code to have your calls redirected from your telephone number to another telephone number. The subscriber will pay additional toll charges when forwarded to a long-distance number.

How to Use Call Forwarding - Variable:

Lift the handset and listen for the dial tone. Push *72 on your touchtone phone (1172 for rotary phone). Again, listen for dial tone. Now, if forwarding calls to a local number, dial that 7 digit number, or if forwarding calls to a long distance number, dial 1+ the 10 digit number. The phone you're forwarding calls to will ring and must be answered to complete the call forwarding setup

If there is no answer, or if the line is busy, hang up and repeat the previous steps. Upon customer request, call forwarding variable/unconditional can require someone to answer at the forwarded number. Also upon customer request, once you have activated Call Forwarding, the phone will make one short ring each time a call is forwarded. You can still make outgoing calls from this phone.

How to Cancel Call Forwarding Variable:

Lift the handset and listen for the dial tone. Push *73 on your touchtone phone (1173 for rotary phone). Listen for two beeps. Call Forwarding is now deactivated and calls will ring on your phone.

Notes:

If you have the Speed Calling Feature, you may use your Speed Calling codes when you are programming your Call Forwarding calls. The subscriber will pay additional toll charges when forwarded to a long distance number.

Lets the subscriber place someone on hold when they want to initiate a second call.

How to Use Call Hold:

To put a current call on hold, depress the flash button. Listen for dial tone, dial *76 - listen for dial tone, then dial the second phone number. To toggle between calls, depress the flash button and dial *76 each time you wish to change to the other call. Either call can be ended when either of the other two people hang up. If you forget to go back to a call that you have on hold, your phone will ring back.

Notes:

Does not work if they have Call Waiting.

A tone that tells you when another call is waiting to be answered. To answer the waiting call, the subscriber presses the flash button (if no flash button, the switch hook can be used). The subscriber can cancel the call waiting option before a telephone conversation for the duration of one call by dialing a special access code, if an uninterrupted call is necessary.

How to Use Call Waiting:

A beep tone tells you another call is waiting. Only you hear this tone. Another reminder will be heard 10 seconds later if the waiting call remains unanswered. The second caller hears only the normal ringing tone.

To answer the second call: depress the flash button to place your first call on hold. You will automatically be connected with the second caller.

To alternate between calls: depress the flash button for about one second. Each conversation is private and cannot be heard by the other caller.

To end either call, depress flash button, or simply hangup. If you hang up the receiver and still have one call on hold, your telephone will then ring.

How to Use Cancel Call Waiting:

Before making your call, push *70 on your touchtone phone (1170 for rotary phone). You will hear three short tones followed by a dial tone. Place your call. Call Waiting will automatically be reinstated when you hang up.

Notes:

If subscriber also has a Caller ID Box or equipment that has Call Waiting capabilities, the Call Waiting (second) call will show on the Caller ID equipment. Not all Caller ID equipment has this feature.

When you receive a call, the telephone number calling you and the name associated with that number in the telephone company records will automatically appear on your phone or a Caller ID unit attached to your phone. If you choose to answer the call, the name and number remains on the screen until you or the caller hangs up.

Caller ID may not be available on all calls because of stipulations such as Caller ID Blocking and other telephone company equipment limitations.

If the telephone subscriber receives a call from a party that has activated Caller ID Blocking, these calls will be shown as "Private Caller," "Anonymous" or some other similar notation.

If the telephone subscriber receives a call that displays "out of area," "unavailable" or a similar notation, the carrier is not supplying the information, possibly due to their equipment limitations.

Enables the subscriber to control disclosure of their telephone number and name to a subscriber of Caller ID. Calls to 911 are not affected by Caller ID Blocking.

Caller ID Blocking Options:

Per Call - This will block disclosure for one call only. Lift receiver and push *67 on your touchtone phone (1167 for rotary phones) and dial telephone number of call to be made.

Per Line - This will block disclosure for all outgoing calls. To cancel Caller ID Blocking for one call, lift receiver and push *82 on your touchtone phone (1182 for rotary phones). Canceling will make the normally private number available to the called party.

Allows up to three unique ringing patterns, which can determine for whom a call is intended. Great for fax machines.

Separate lines into the same premise may also be eligible for Distinctive Ringing in order to determine which line the call is originating from.

Example:

John Doe 475-0000 1 long ring

Teenline 475-0001 2 short rings

Doe Business 475-0002 1 short - 1 long ring

All telephone numbers are assigned to and ring at John Doe's residence - same phone.

Notes:

If you have the Call Waiting feature, the Call Waiting tone will have the same patterns. This is a feature that would work well in conjunction with a teenline.

Allows the subscriber to prevent calls from ringing at your telephone by diverting them to a tone or recorded announcement.

How to Use Do Not Disturb:

Lift the receiver and push *78 on your touchtone phone (1178 for rotary phones). Contact the BEK Communications Office to establish PIN's for specific callers to override the Do Not Disturb feature.

How to Cancel Do Not Disturb:

Lift the receiver and push *79 on your touchtone phone (1179 for rotary phones).

Allows an incoming call to ring your phone number and up to six other phone numbers at the same time. Long-distance charges may apply when Find Me calls are answered at a long-distance number.