Weird phone ring problem?

DannyB20 · 2007-05-11T04:21:06+00:00

Hello, This just started today. When an incomming call comes in thephone only rings about 1/2 of the normal ring one time and stops. If Ianswere right away I can talk to the person calling. If I wait acouple of secondsI just get the dial tone. The incomming caller states about the samething on their end. They hear a 1/2 ring then a click. Line goes dead.I tried disconnecting all of the phones 1 by 1, plus the DSL routerand the answering machine to see if there was a bad phone, DSL router,or answereing machine. Still the same problem. I can call out fine andmy DSL works with the puter. Have never encountered this problem oreven heard of someone else having it.Any thought or ideas will be appreciated before I call the phonecompany. Also is there a way to test the phone lines my self. I dohave a fluke multimeter.Maybe only a coincidence but when I got home tonight there were AT&Ttruck in front of my house, don't know what they were doing thouugh. Ihave AT&T phone and broadband service.Thanks, Dan.

May 11, 2007 20 Replies

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ok Here is my question , in regards to 1/2 phone ring, it only happens in the winter mainly when it snows...and not all the time.. when people call us they hear static and we hear the 1/2 ring, and it takes about 3 times for the caller to get through. This happens at least 2 times a day.. I really do not think this is an internal problem, seeing all was well until the snow hit our area. HELP!!!