Automatic Callback
This feature keeps redialing a busy number and tells you when the line is free.
How to use:
- When you hear a busy signal,
depress the “switchhook” and release quickly. Listen for a special dial tone.
- If you’ve already hung up, pick up the handset and listen for a normal
dial tone.
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Press *66. On a rotary phone, dial 1166.
- If the line is still busy, hang up.
Your phone will check the number
for up to 30 minutes.
- A special callback ring alerts you if
the line becomes free (some phones ring normally).
- Pick up the handset to automatically place the call.
To cancel:
- Depress the “switchhook” and release. Listen for a special dial tone.
- If you’ve already hung up, lift the handset and listen for a normal dial tone.
Press *86. On a rotary phone, dial 1186.
- Listen for confirmation tone or announcement. Hang up.
Notes:
- The “switchhook” is the round, flat, or square button you push to hang up the phone.
- To restart the 30-minute clock, repeat steps 1 through 4.
- Automatic Callback can check as many as 30 busy lines at once for you. To know which call is being completed, you must subscribe to Calling Number Delivery service.
- Service does not work on 800 numbers, 900 numbers, numbers outside the specified service area, or on lines where Call Forward and some other call services have been activated.
