Call forwarding

I currently have a family plan with four lines. All of us have
unlimited "in" calling. If I activate call forwarding to have my calls go
to my work number and my wife calls my VZW number, will it cost either of
us minutes against our VZW plan since we are supposed to have unlimited
minutes between each other?

I read the VZW explanation of call forwarding but it does not address this
issue.

Thanks.
-Al

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Al Arduengo wrote:
> I currently have a family plan with four lines. All of us have
> unlimited "in" calling. If I activate call forwarding to have my calls go
> to my work number and my wife calls my VZW number, will it cost either of
> us minutes against our VZW plan since we are supposed to have unlimited
> minutes between each other?
>
> I read the VZW explanation of call forwarding but it does not address this
> issue.
>

I can't speak for VZW in particular but I know from past experience you
have to be very careful with call forwarding. It almost never works
out for the customer, because the cell companies don't want people
using it to do exactly what you're doing -- to trick them into giving
you free minutes to numbers you're not entitled to free minutes to.

For example, when I had SPCS they charged 10 cents a minute for
forwarded calls under all conditions -- even if you still had "free"
airtime left on the phone doing the forwarding.

At a minimum, VZW will probably charge the minutes to your phone,
saying that forwarding to your work phone is the same as calling your
work phone from your cell. They might even charge double minutes
(saying that forwarding a call is both an incoming and an outgoing
call).

Perhaps others can give more specific VZW advice, but I just warn you
to make sure you know EXACTLY how VZW will treat this before you try to
use it for a lot of minutes.

"Al Arduengo" <aarduengo@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:InDvg.132831$dW3.73297@newssvr21.news.prodigy .com...
>I currently have a family plan with four lines. All of us have
> unlimited "in" calling. If I activate call forwarding to have my calls go
> to my work number and my wife calls my VZW number, will it cost either of
> us minutes against our VZW plan since we are supposed to have unlimited
> minutes between each other?
>
> I read the VZW explanation of call forwarding but it does not address this
> issue.
>
> Thanks.
> -Al
>
> --
> ~/.signature

I use call forwarding nearly everyday, and when I receive a call from
another VZW user the VZW user is charged IN minutes and I am charged regular
usage minutes (Peak, Off-Peak, or Weekend depending on when call is made).

Hope this helps.

EJ