No dial tone on phone

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

Reply to
Harry K
Loading thread data ...

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.

Reply to
Travis Jordan

Reply to
bill a

Previously in alt.home.repair, snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Harry K) proclaimed :

that's almost undoubtedly a problem with the modem.

__________________________________________________________________________

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.

-Unknown __________________________________________________________________________ Remove "die spammers" to email

Reply to
wideglide01

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

Reply to
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.

Reply to
Lawrence Wasserman

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.

Reply to
Phisherman

HomeOwnersHub website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.