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Thursday, August 24th, 2023 10:50 PM

Advanced Call Forwarding Not Included?

I am trying to set up my new phone service (recently signed up for services with Xfinity - and it's been a nightmare to put it politely).

Today, I was looking at the voice settings at https://connect.xfinity.com/voice/settings/callforwarding and when I look at the settings, it won't give me access to Advanced Call Forwarding ... is that not included by default with Voice?  This is what I get instead:

Advanced Call Forwarding

Send your incoming calls to up to 5 phone numbers simultaneously.

This telephone number does not have access to Advanced Call Forwarding.

Customize your Xfinity Voice package today by calling 1-800-XFINITY.

This is getting really ridiculous the number of problems I've had trying to get my services all set up and fully functional.

Thanks.

Official Employee

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840 Messages

1 month ago

Hey there, here is a guide on how to activate Advanced Call Forwarding.

The Primary user must turn on Voice Permissions from the Account and Identity tab of their account for any other account user to access Advanced Call Forwarding options.

To turn on Voice Permissions:

  1. Go to Account and Identity. (You may be directed to sign in first.)
  2. Select a user to grant voice permissions.
  3. Scroll to the Allow Access to Voice Features section and toggle On.

let me know if that solves your problem for you!

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@XfinityAnthonyT​ Hi.  I am the primary user.

Official Employee

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840 Messages

Ok, send a DM to XFINITY SUPPORT with your name and address so that I can get into your account and take a look at it for you. 

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@XfinityAnthonyT​ Message sent.  It was sent to the general Xfinity Support account and says "Marcos" because he was trying to help me the other day with another plethora of issues with your services and requested my information.  I just sent it along with the addendum of this issue.  So hopefully someone can help, as your third tier support said they'd call me back yesterday for other matters and never called over 24 hours later.  Thanks.

Official Employee

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840 Messages

1 month ago

Awesome! Then you can follow those instructions and you shouldn't have any issues. Let me know if you have any hiccups along the way.

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@XfinityAnthonyT​ There are no permissions to turn on for myself.  I have access to every other voice setting.  The issue is not on my end, it's on yours.  It says my phone number doesn't have access to Advanced Call Forwarding.

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8/4/21 Wanted Nomorobo  because Xfinity = xperimental. I explained the issue completely. They even contacted me to let me know that their engineers fixed the problem. And they did. Customize your Xfinity Voice package today by calling 1-800-XFINITY. There is no: Scroll to the Allow Access to Voice Features section and toggle On" for us. Perhaps anyone? If my MA town wasn't in bed with them (the Devil), I get Verizon FIOS.

Official Employee

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@user_41c750  I have a link that has the steps on how to set up and use Nomorobo here https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/nomorobo. Can you follow the steps in this link and let us know if you run into issues. 

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1 month ago

Still unresolved.  Multiple overseas calls and they can offer to type numbers in for me but can't figure out how to properly have the feature work on my account so I can control things myself.

I a not calling into customer service every time I need a change made to my Advanced Call Forwarding settings.

Xfinity is a complete joke.  I wish FiOS was in this area, as I'd dump Comcast in a heartbeat.  I had FiOS for 13 years and NEVER had all these problems.  In fact, I think I had one problem in 13 years with my router finally dying - so I bought a replacement one on eBay and was good to go.  I've had Xfinity services active for approximately 5 days and have had at least 10 problems so far and no one can resolve them and just passes me off saying someone will call me in 24-72 business hours from a different department.

Am I going to receive a credit for all the days I haven't had full access to the features that are to be included in my monthly payment or Voice service?

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