AUTOMATIC REDIAL

Keeps redialing busy numbers and tells you when the line is free.

How to use:

  • When you hear a busy signal, depress the “switchhook” and release quickly. Listen for a special dial tone.

  • If you’ve already hung up, pick up the handset and listen for a normal dial tone.

  • Press *66. On a rotary phone, dial 1166.

  • If the line is still busy, hang up. Your phone will check the number for up to 30 minutes.

  • A special callback ring alerts you if the line becomes free (some phones ring normally).

  • Pick up the handset to automatically place the call.

To cancel:

  • Depress the “switchhook” and release. Listen for a special dial tone.

  • If you’ve already hung up, lift the handset and listen for a normal dial tone.

  • Press *86. On a rotary phone, dial 1186.

  • Listen for confirmation tone or announcement. Hang up.


Notes:

The “switchhook” is the round, flat, or square button you push to hang up the phone.

To restart the 30-minute clock, repeat steps 1 through 4.

Automatic Callback can check as many as 31 busy lines at once for you. To know which call is being completed, you must subscribe to Calling Number service.

Service does not work on 800 numbers, 900 numbers, numbers outside the specified service area (Siskiyou Telephone’s intralata), or lines where Call Forward and some other call services have been activated.