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Call forwarding, or call diversion, is a telephony feature of some telephone switching systems which redirects a telephone call to another destination, which may be, for example, a mobile telephone, voicemail box or another telephone number where the desired called party is available.

Call forwarding was invented by Ernest J.

Bonanno.

In North America, the forwarded line usually rings once to remind the customer using call forwarding that the call is being redirected.

More consistently, the forwarded line indicates its condition by stutter dial tone.

Call forwarding typically can redirect incoming calls to any other domestic telephone number, but the owner of the forwarded line must pay any toll charges for forwarded calls.

Call forwarding is often enabled by dialing *72 followed by the telephone number to which calls should be forwarded.

Once someone answers, call forwarding is in effect.

If no one answers or the line is busy, the dialing sequence must be repeated to effect call forwarding.

Call forwarding is disabled by dialing *73.

A toll-free telephone number or freephone number is a telephone number that is billed for all arriving calls instead of incurring charges to the originating telephone subscriber.

For the calling party, a call to a toll-free number from a landline is free of charge.

A telephone number is a sequence of digits assigned to a fixed-line telephone subscriber station connected to a telephone line or to a wireless electronic telephony device, such as a radio telephone or a mobile telephone, or to other devices for data transmission via the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or other private networks.

A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building and has its network equipment and interconnects locally managed.

By contrast, a wide area network (WAN), not only covers a larger geographic distance, but also generally involves leased telecommunication circuits or Internet links.

An even greater contrast is the Internet, which is a system of globally connected business and personal computers.