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Dual NAM

shepherd

Dec 4, 2006, 12:30 AM
I have two numbers that I use but only want to carry 1 phone. Verizon/LG has dissabled the Dual NAM on this phone. I was able to enable it but had so much trouble getting VZW to put the MEID on my second line. Why would they disable this feature I know alot of people that use this, it can't possible affect VZW at all?
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Nfuego

Dec 5, 2006, 3:15 PM
I never knew this could be done, but I sure am intrigued now!

I see on my service menu that Dual NAM is an option to enable.

I carry a VX8600 and I have a Treo 700W for work. Could I port my "home" 8600 number to the Treo and not have to carry two phones?

And put the Treo's number on my 8600 and have both without carrying the Treo home?

Can you change which account is used when dialing out?
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LilHobbit

Dec 5, 2006, 5:00 PM
Having Dual Nam's tends to cause a lot of problems, especially when it comes to troubleshooting, which is probably why they completely disabled the feature.

Having 2 numbers tends to cause a lot of problems. Many people don't know how to or forget to change back and forth between the phone numbers, you can only get calls for the number the phone is switched to so you can't receive calls for both numbers at the same time. Therefore, people get mad when they miss calls on the other number, not realizing that they have to keep switching back and forth. It also causes troubleshooting problems b/c with having 2 numbers on the same phone, it makes it harder to determine whether it's the way a phone number is set up on Verizon's network, th...
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hewhomustnotbenamed

Dec 13, 2006, 11:48 PM
why not just forward the calls?
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shepherd

Dec 14, 2006, 8:09 AM
I do forward the incoming calls but there are times that for business purposes I need to make a call from the 2nd number. If you can just switch NAM and make the call it makes it much more convenient.
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