California Disaster Relief Guidelines

Consumer protection measures will be implemented when either the State of California or the Federal Government declare a state of emergency, and a Astound service area is impacted by the catastrophic event, to the point that telephone services have been disrupted and degraded.

There are several points of relief available for our telephone customers including the following:

• Waiver of one-time activation fee for establishing remote call forwarding, remote access to call forwarding, call forwarding features and messaging services;
• Waiver of the monthly rate for one month for remote call forwarding, remote access to call forwarding, call forwarding, call forwarding features, and messaging services;
• Waiver of the service charge for installation of service at the temporary or new permanent location of the customer and again when the customer moves back to the premises;
• Waiver of the fee for one jack and associated wiring at the temporary location regardless of whether the customer has an Inside Wire Plan;
• Waiver of the fee for up to five free jacks and associated wiring for Inside Wiring Plan for customer upon their return to their permanent location; and
• Waiver of the fee for one jack and associated wiring for non-Plan customers upon their return to their permanent location.

The above listed consumer relief measures will be available for twelve (12) months, or such time that the Offices of Emergency Services determines an appropriate amount of time has passed.

If disaster relief measures are implemented, Astound will communicate to impacted customers letting them know that disaster relief may be available to them. Methods of communication may include, but are not limited to notification emails to a preferred email address on file, Astound website messaging, social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, and radio. You can always call our care center in the event that you have questions, at 1-800-427-8686.

Customers impacted by the disaster relief will automatically be able to use the call forwarding feature. Using your home phone, dial *72, wait for the confirming beeps and then enter the phone number you would like calls forwarded to. You will get a courtesy call at the phone number where calls will be forwarded. To cancel, dial *73.

Additionally, in the event that a customer needs to enable this feature remotely, customers can do this through the Phone Portal at mywavephone.com. For a complete guide on how to use the Phone Portal, please visit astound.com/support/phone.