My Mother keeps leaving the phone off the hook. Is the a phone, module for an existing phone or modification i can make which means even if she does this. I can still call here.
oh and no smart answers about telling her to put the phone on the hook!!!!!
No good calling here, I'll know it's you and refuse to pick up.
After a set period of time the loud noise coming from the off hook phone (sent from the exchange for just this purpose) should make it obvious that the phone is off the hook ...unless she is deaf.
dose not work for some reason.... i need to be able to call even when the phone is off the hook
That only happens on "System X" exchanges AFAIK
The only way I can think of is a cheap PAYG mobile, perhaps left somewhere inaccessible but not inaudible, perhaps left on a charger (depending on how often you visit).
A timing circuit started when the cradle is lifted that then resets the cradle switch to on-hook after, say, 30 mins.
I have the number of one of my Mum's neighbours.
BT used to be able to send a nasty noise to the other person's phone. Dunno if they can still do it.
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How? Is it poor design of cradle/handset that allows the handset to be placed on it and look correct but not actually operating the switch? If so change the phone... Same applies to a a one piece phone that has to be put a particular way up to operate the hook switch.
I was going to say, get her an old GPO style phone:
It was nigh on impossible to not replace the handset correctly on one of those unless you got the cable trapped (never remember that being a problem).
Heavy handset and positive cradle = problem solved :)
another option is a PABX and several phones.
If one is off hook, the rest wont be..unless she deliberately takes them off.
Fidel :
You just can't take a hint, can you?
Love, Mum
No; it certainly worked on Strowger ones too.
But maybe not System Y?
Nope - at least not on that line.
Don't use Vodafone for this. After a couple of months of no calls made from the "emergency" phone, they cancel your SIMM and steal your money.
I had an old Orange SIM, which my daughter had used when at university - it went unused for a couple of years and had been cancelled. But when I called Orange, they were happy to transfer the remaining credit (about
15GBP)to one of my other SIMs. A couple of months ago, I checked another Orange SIM, which had been unused for about a year - it was still functioning.
Brownie points for Orange, then. Voda simply wouldn't give me back my money, even though it was for an emergency phone for my 93 y/o MIL. Phags.
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