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Sprint to Eliminate Some Call Fowarding Fees in November

By on October 28, 2009

Sprint logoSprint has announced that it will not charge customers for certain levels of call forwarding. Conditional call forwarding for busy calls or calls not answered using a Sprint phone will be free beginning in mid-November.

The standard $0.20/minute charge will continue to apply for immediate call forwarding, with the change giving Sprint customers access to third-party voice services and emphasizing the new voicemail features in Google Voice unveiled on Monday, which do not require a separate Google Voice number.

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15 responses to “Sprint to Eliminate Some Call Fowarding Fees in November”

  1. Don Louie
    Don Louie October 28, 2009 at 10:56 am |

    A good move but with the stipulations involved it doesn’t leave a good taste

  2. i love don hesse
    i love don hesse October 28, 2009 at 12:11 pm |

    This is a great move by my guy, Don Hesse!

  3. Don Louie
    Don Louie October 28, 2009 at 1:03 pm |

    Your homey might be mad at the misspelling of his name, it’s Dan not Don

  4. ElectricBoss
    ElectricBoss October 28, 2009 at 3:26 pm |

    Hmmm, I wonder if the “Sprint Phones” would include Nextel & Boost?

  5. zach
    zach October 28, 2009 at 7:16 pm |

    sprint will not charge for google voice!

    http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:g9iaiXaesjUJ:www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice/thread%3Ftid%3D29cbaf51b4978448%26hl%3Den+sprint+call+forwarding&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

  6. i love dan hesse
    i love dan hesse October 28, 2009 at 7:25 pm |

    my homey needs to add spell check to his handsets! lol

  7. JJ
    JJ October 29, 2009 at 5:42 am |

    this is great. I have switched my voicemail over to google voice. It works perfectly. Of course I will get charged till november but at least its good to know its only temporary.

  8. jim
    jim October 29, 2009 at 10:51 am |

    http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Sprint-loses-135000-customers-on-a-net-basis-in-the-third-quarter-article-a_7668.html

    thank you come again

  9. SaltyDawg
    SaltyDawg October 30, 2009 at 12:58 pm |

    So on the call forwarding fees with Sprint…

    Does it work the same way as when you are actually using the minutes?

    For example, is call forwarding free on nights and weekends? Or is it free to use call forwarding if it’s a cell phone that calls you (and you have the any mobile anytime on your plan)?

  10. Don Louie
    Don Louie November 1, 2009 at 7:44 am |

    As long as the forwarding is conditional, the only thing used will be minutes

  11. SaltyDawg
    SaltyDawg November 1, 2009 at 12:44 pm |

    So what if the forwarding is not conditional. If someone just forwards their Sprint number to another number so all the calls go there automatically. How do they get billed? Do they get billed for calls from cell phones and on nights and weekends? Or is it the same as if you were using the phone (cell phones and nights and weekends are free)?

  12. Don Louie
    Don Louie November 1, 2009 at 3:49 pm |

    $.20/minute and what ever minutes used, peak or n/w’s

  13. jon
    jon November 3, 2009 at 5:49 am |

    Sprint is a snowball headed for hell. Give it up. You ruined nextel made me leave.

  14. JJ
    JJ November 3, 2009 at 1:34 pm |

    When in november does it become free for the conditional forwarding? I need a date.

  15. Don Louie
    Don Louie November 9, 2009 at 11:39 pm |

    There’s chatter that this was initiated 11/8