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Friday, August 15th, 2025

advanced call forwarding

We have had Xfinity voice since 2016 or 2017. I always had Advanced Call Forwarding initialized to my cell phone so that all calls would ring simultaneously on the  Xfinity voice home phone and my cell. I have always ONLY given out the Xfinity voice number. If I am away from home, I answer the Xfinity voice call on my cell (Xfinity mobile service).

Xfinity had to close our legacy account and open a new one because of technical problems with activating an Xfinity cable modem. We have had multiple problems all of which have been resolved except the "Advanced Call Forwarding." I, with support from the local Xfinity store rep, have spent immeasurable hours with technical support to resolve this. Today, the Xfinity rep at the store (who seems very technical) put in a ticket for Advanced Support. The Advanced Support  rep called my cell while I was at the store, I explained the issue, and she said she resolved it. She called the home phone and it rang on my cell. WELL, it turns out she forwarded all my calls to my cell. When I got home, I could not answer the Xfinity voice line on my home phone. When I picked up the home phone the line would be dead. That's when I realized she forwarded all my calls to the cell.

So, I am back to square one with yet another Xfinity appointment tomorrow at 10am. Note, I am not trying to use the NoMoRobo feature that many people complain about with Advanced Call Forwarding. I just want both my home and mobile devices to ring simultaneously and be able to answer on either device.

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21 days ago

Hey there user_rdi76t. We certainly appreciate you being a loyal Xfinity customer and your patience while we work to get this resolved. I would be happy to review your account, and take a look into this. 

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This finally got escalated to Tom Karinshank's team at the Corporate level and someone contacted me within 24 hours. The issue was resolved when the Specialist on Karinshank's team reached out to the switch department. Took less than 20 minutes once the issue was raised with the Switch department (which I had tried and failed to do on multiple advanced support sessions.) When the number was ported to our new account, an invalid phone number somehow prefilled the Advanced Call Forwarding feature making it go bonkers!

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14 days ago

I had sent a "letter of commendation" to Tom Karinshank's office when I thought the agent from Advanced Support had resolved the issue. Once I figured out she had forwarded ALL calls to my cell (not ringing on home) I retracted my letter of commendation. It was only by sending these 2 letters that I got the attention of Tom Karinshank's office. It would be nice if there were a way when a [somewhat] technically knowledgeable Xfinity customer knows that it has to be a switch issue that the support would get escalated to the switch team. I had even asked "Advanced Support" if they could escalate the issue to the switch department and have them hard code my cell number since I couldn't access the feature. I was told, "yes" that could be done. After spending over an hour on the chat, the agent informed me the issue would be resolved within 24 hours. Almost a week later is when Karinshank's office got it resolved.

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user_rdi76t thank you so much for your time and expressing your situation to help us get better. We do apologize about the troubles you have faced. We have received your feedback, and do take note of it. You shared that your concern was handled and fixed, do you have any other questions or concerns for us? 

 

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