Occasionally (o.k. often enough to be a real nuisance) I will get no dial tone on any of my three house phones after I disconnect from the internet. Waiting for a while will -sometimes- clear the problem. I discovered that by calling my house number from my cell phone and letting it ring once or twice clears the problem immediatly.
Is this a problem on my side of the service or is it the phone companies problem??
Harry K
Let's assume you DO NOT have call waiting. If you are able to get ringing when you call your home phone (as opposed to receiving a busy signal) from your cell phone then the problem is with the telco. If the modem was keeping the line active then you'd get a busy signal.
Previously in alt.home.repair, snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Harry K) proclaimed :
that's almost undoubtedly a problem with the modem.
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That was my first suspicion. After I posted the problem I thought about it. I had tried in the past turning the computer off but don't think I ever tried to re-boot and see what happens. That will be my next try (as well as checking modem settings)
Harry K
I had a similar problem once that was caused by a modem. Next time you have no dialtone, try unplugging the modem phone cable and see if that restores the dialtone.
I suspect the problem is in your home. Disconnect all phones, fax machines, and other phone items. If the problem goes away, add a phone/device back, one at a time, until the problem returns.
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