Using Automatic Failover to route inbound calls to an alternative phone number

What is Automatic Failover?

Automatic Failover is a Bandwidth feature that lets you send your inbound calls to an alternative phone number in the event a failure prevents them from being routed over your usual call routes. It offers increased reliability and peace of mind in situations where you would otherwise miss your incoming calls completely.

Note: Automatic Failover is different from our standard call forwarding feature, which lets you route all inbound calls from one of your Bandwidth numbers to an alternative number.

You can set up Automatic Failover on a Location or a specific phone number in the Bandwidth Dashboard. You can also add it via the Bandwidth Dashboard API using the Final Destination URI attribute.

How to set up Automatic Failover in the Bandwidth Dashboard

To set up Automatic Failover on a Location:

1. Log into the Bandwidth Dashboard.
2. Select Account and click Locations.
3. Select a Location from the list.
4. Click Voice.
5. In the Failover URI field, enter the SIP address in the sip:{address}@{host} format or a valid phone number in the +13332221111@PSTN format. 
6. Click Save Changes.

To set up Automatic Failover on a specific phone number:

1. Log into the Bandwidth Dashboard.
2. Navigate to the Search Telephone Numbers section on the home page.
3. Enter a phone number and click Search. 
4. Click the blue phone number link in the Search Results section.
5. Once you're on the Phone Number Details page, scroll down to TN Options.
6. In the Failover URI field, enter the SIP address in the name@ip-address:port format or a valid phone number in the 3332221111 format.
7. Click Submit.

How to set up Automatic Failover via API

For information on how to set up Automatic Failover via the Bandwidth Dashboard API, check out our developer docs. 

Questions? Please open a ticket with your Bandwidth Support Team or hit us up at (855) 864-7776!