Loss of phone line, no dial tone but broadband sti...

I have looged a fault with bt for this issue VOL012-*********, but no engineer turned up yesterday to look at it. I have tested 2 different phones in the master test socket and still have the same problem, no dial tone but broadband is working ok. How do BT get away with treating its customers like this?

@Scardy, this is exactly what happened to our phone line last September! The phone line was just mush, there was no dial tone, but we were able (just) to send email and look at certain web pages, but it was painfully slow. I tried everything, like you, no improvement. I got in touch with BT, they said there was a fault on the line, I said 'it's been fine for years why now?' BT sent an OR engineer, he turned up on time, it was a very enlightening time for me to be sure! He showed me the 'drop cable' that the phone signal came into our property on - 50 years old! Rubber outer, two strands of copper cable with cardboard insulation between them! I also found a big cut in the cable on the wall of our place, for the life of me that looked like vandalism. He arranged for a new armoured cable to be put in across our front lawn, and hey presto, all was well! With the confidence I had in that, we've got Infinity now, a new master socket and there's no going back. I hope this helps & it all gets sorted out out quickly for you.

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Hi All,
We are upgrading our existing Cisco 3640 router with two nm-2v's with three e&m voice cards) to Cisco 3725 router from the central site( running configuration attached). The remote site uses the same 3640 router.
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Ok thanks. I did try the online help. Initially got a very helpful young women who then transfered me to a thoroughly unhelpful man who just said i should wait for the engineer and there was nothing they could do.
Well the engineers turned up mid morning on friday. Turns out the dial tone i was getting was the previous owner's line that had been blocked when they left. the engineers attached a new bt box, then had to go to the exchange to connect my number, then back to my flat to test. all sorted but seems totally unneccesary. shouldn't this have all happened as part of the activation process and not involved me taking a half days holiday..oh well

At a loss with phone line and broadband

Hi,
First of all, sorry for cross posting this, but as you might gather I'm currently stuck between a rock and a hard place.
http://community.bt.com/t5/Phones/At-a-loss-with-phone-line/td-p/54639
I'm not going to repeat everything in that post, just to say when all equipment is unplugged and you get crackles and white noise through the phone, it can not be equipment, no matter how intermittent. Am I correct?
The main reason for cross posting is around the annoying BRAS IP profile. It seems that for 30mins of static, I get stuck on a 130k profile for 3days. I could cope with the occasional outage or slow down, but 3days is half a week and when you have the recent bad weather, you get 1day of decent profile before the next spat! As a result of this, I would like to see if anyone else in the community has been through similar?
I will point out that I have been working in IT for 13years, so I like to pretend that I know something about things, but I must say that BT is one of the only companies that I deal with and dealt with that seem insistent on blaming the customer for everything.
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HEC Errors (Down/Up) nil / 28
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No I'm suggesting the mod team is preferable to calling India ....
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Dial tone but unable to make calls.

Hi,
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SegaMegaDave wrote:
None of the extensions work, I get the same thing. A dial tone but unable to ring out.
So before I order one is this looking to be a faceplate fault? Thanks for all your help.
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If you get dial tone with the faceplate disconnected, then the fault is within your own wiring, and it means that the extensions are wired up wrong. You either pay BT to sort it out, or get an independent telephone technician.
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Dial tone, but no incoming calls received

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At a loss with phone line

Firstly I am stating for the record that I have a problem with my phone line. My broadband issues are just a by-product of the phone line fault.
This problem has been going on for several years, although, 2 months ago i made some progress.
The problem with my phone line occurs during extreme weather conditions, heavy rain or winds and as a result of it not being a permanent feature of my phone line. Over the past year, it has got a lot worse (broadband constantly dropping, struggling to be heard when on the phone), and after a lot of arguing with BT an engineer came out. Now bare in mind that the BT line tests came back as perfect and not a problem. engineer took one look at the cable coming in to the house and it crumbled in his hand. He also mentioned that he was picking something "odd" up on the line, but couldn't be sure what it was and seeing as the broadband connected that he would leave it.
Since the engineers visit, I have had an OK phone line, just a bit quiet, until 2 weeks ago. When we had all that rain. The crackles came back that evening, causing crackles and white noise down the phone line. It lasted an hour or so, but enough time to turn my 2Mbps bras profile into a 130k profile. 3 days later and we recover (even though some intermittent crackles persist). The very next day and we're downloading at 2.5Mbps, the phone rings and the crackles are back.
The next day I ring up and complain and receive the whole dialogue about changing me £120 if the engineer comes out and can't find a fault. Funnily enough, the crackles (being intermittent) are not crackling at the time the engineer turns up, however, he states "The is more noise on the line than there should be" and "I'm going to pass it over to the underground team and see if they can find where the fault is". At this point I am now feeling hopeful that finally the fault might be found....
Half an hour ago I have heard nothing, I decide to phone up and see if there is any news... No fault found and expect a bill for £120 is the response, from a very nice Indian lady who did seem to struggle with understanding me or at least hearing me. i protested and asked how could the engineer tell me one story and for me to then be told that a line test shows no fault and that I have to pay!
Where it currently stands, is that I have insisted that the problem still exists and I have been told it will be resolved between 24-48hours.
I will of course wait and see what BT come back with tomorrow, but I am at a loss of what more I can do. I work from home and having an equivalent to ISDN when I pay for broadband because the phone line keeps having a fit is getting a bit of a hassle. If the BRAS IP profile did not take 3days to recover after a bad storm, then I could cope, but I'm now been on a 130k connection for over a week now and am looking at having to pay 3120 just because I am trying to do something about it.
If I turned round to my customers and said I'd look at their issue, but if I couldn't see anything I'd be charging them £120, they'd move else where.
Any advice as to how I can take this forward?
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I thought I had better post an update and I am pleased to say that it seems it has a potentially positive outcome.
First of all the lady I spoke to on Friday got back to me yesterday to say that yet again OpenReach had investigated my issue "outside the property" and claimed to have "fixed the problem". While I am sceptical that they actually did anything (surely the broadband should have disconnected, if they fixed anything like replacing a cable, but as I am not a telcom's engineer I have not authority to make judgement), the lady implied that I had a case to dispute any charge if it ended up on my bill.
The second was a response from a forum moderator who says that after reading my posts, my email and my fault reports, they say that it sounds like this is being caused by "a high resistance fault on your line. These can be very had to get to the bottom of unless the engineer is testing the line when condition are bad" and while notes that the fault has been closed (conversation yesterday with lady from BT), they suspect that if the line does have this type of fault, then it is highly unlikely that the fault has actually been fixed and I should contact them back as soon as the noise starts up again. Oh, and they have requested no charges be applied for the visit on Thursday.
So, fingers crossed... It does seem to highlight quite a variance in the quality of customer service that you get from BT. Plus, no matter how frustrated you get, you should persevere, as there are some good people that seem willing to help and will be on your side.

No dial tone, slow broadband which turns it's self off

Finally got round to getting a hand set as never bother with a house phone but due to changes in circumstances need it. However I have no dial tone at all tried all the steps and 3 different handsets. Really wish I had stayed with BT as never had any problems with them. Need this fixing ASAP any ideas. Or am I without a phone line until my contract is up and I can go back to BT?

You will need to report this directly to Sky so then can run some tests on your line and if needs be they in turn will report it to BT Openreach to fix.
If you have a mobile that has free inclusive minutes with your network provider then calls to Sky via the 03 number will be free as the 03 number Sky uses now is a local rate number so would be free like 01 numbers are if you have free calls time.
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No dial tone for the second time now

Hi guys,
Back in late November 2013 I discovered that the phone was not working correctly that being no dial tone and a faint outside crackling noise coming through, I couldn't call out or receive calls however when I called my phone the line rang fine but it was not coming through the headset, My broadband was still working perfectly fine so I instantly thought it was the headset and ordered a new one only to discover that it in fact wasn’t the problem at all. I began to call BT to report the fault and was directed straight to an Indian call centre the guy when through normal line testing faults only to come back with no faults found I told him that on my mobile my house is ringing but none of my headsets old or new was physically ringing we then went on to do the master test socket test and again same problem. After that he arranged an engineer to come out to have a look and was told the usual ''you may be charged if you have caused the fault'' blah blah now into December and I finally get an engineer out to have a look the engineer when on to say that whoever initially installed the face plate put a faulty one and that was the problem but if that was the case how had I been able to use my house phone perfectly fine prior to this problem? I asked the engineer if I would be charged for this call out and his said NO as it was not my fault, all things fixed and working.
My January bill came and what do I see £179 bill I look at the bill to see I’ve been charged for the engineer callout, furious I call BT in which this time I’m directed to English speaking people at last. I explain all of the above to the operator and go on to tell them I was told there would be no charge so they check the engineer report and then they tell me the engineer reported that the faceplate was damaged, I’m then question by the operator and asked how I had damaged the faceplate I told him what the engineer told me and that my master socket is up high on my window seal out of reach of my son so there was no way he damaged it, they told me they would look into for me and get in contact within 5 days. 5 days pass and I get the call saying sorry for mistake your money will be back in your account in 3 days well that’s great news.
Now I’m having the very same problem with my phone line no dial tone slight crackling sound but this time when I ring from my mobile may house phone rings fine but when I answer it up it continues to ring even though I’ve pressed the accept button I also cannot decline the call from the headset it really frustrating, I’ve tried to get though to BT but the queue times are just ridiculous even tried the call back feature and yet 3 hours later still nothing I’m not going to pay for a service I’m not receiving and I’m most definitely not going to pay engineer charges only to be refunded 10 days later a complete waste of time. I need my phone line fixed please can someone help me out here and give me some advice.
Many Thanks
Mike

jdybnsn wrote:
I have the exact same problem (also my second time in 4 months). Very frustrating as this is our business phone and it is frustrating knowing people are calling us but we can't pick up the calls ! More frustrating that its almost 2 days and no sign of an engineer !
You need to raise this on the Business Forum, this one is for residential customers.
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I have a wireless home phone connect device. Can call out on it when dial tone present, but most times cannot receive calls since purchase. Anyone else having a problem with their home connect device?

Have had Wireless Home Phone connect device refreshed and updated three times since I purchased it in September 2014. Last tech I worked with on it initialized an NRB to check the network. I checked the location of the tower, which is less than one mile up the hill with clear line of site. The device always has two antennas on it. The device is great when it does work, but most of the time it rings three times and then jumps to an automated message saying the person I am calling is not available. I've actually gone up there several times to try an fix the device, but always end up calling a Verizon tech who has me unplug it, pull the battery, and they do some network stuff and then we turn it back on and it works. After the last time on 10/02/14, I called it and got the message. I drove up there, 100 miles one way, and called it while standing in the room. Got the same message. I picked up the phone, heard a dial tone and dialed my phone and it range through. I hung that phone connected to the device and call it using my cell phone. It rang through. I went home and tried to call it the next day. Again it did not ring through and I got the message after three rings. I call another phone at the facility and had them call me on my mom's phone and it is fixed it again. The fix last for a day or two and then it's broken again, like it is today. If it's a network problem then it must be fairly close to the area because no matter what we do it fails again. So much for the 99.98% reliable. This thing is a piece of junk!
I purchased this device and put it on my plan so that my mother who we placed in a home at 96 years old would have a phone connection that she could use and wouldn't flip her out. My family and her family has not been able to faithfully connect with her at this critical time in her life. I am giving Verizon 10 more days to figure this out and then I am going to ask for a total refund not to mention how much time and travel I have put into this piece of junk. Either the home connect transceiver is broken or the network is broken. Why should I pay close to $70 for a service that has not worked more than several days out of 35 days? Also I have spent close to three hours on the phone with decent technical people, but it's my time. I should send Verizon a bill for every time I have gone up there to fix this device as well.
What perplexes me is that a regular cell phone would have sufficed, but because Verizon has to have a data connection that is not available on a regular phone and it was going to cost me $30/month, I decided to go with the home connect. Seemed like a nice solution for an older person who would have a hard time using a cell phone and keeping it charged. Plus after all the fees for getting it connected, it only cost $20/month. That would be a pretty good thing, IF IT WORKED....... The other thing that irks me is, why do I have to pay for a data connection when the cell phone Verizon originally provided can't even access the network. What ever happened to adding a phone line for $10 bucks\ month? All I wanted was a simple phone. She would not be able to use anything more complex and all she needs is a phone line period.
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No dial tone/power to master socket but infinity s...

Monday afternoon we had a phone call on the line to let use know the Sky engineer was on his way to fit a new HD box, we then had a storm hit for around and hour. At 5pm we went to make a call and our cordless phones (fitted to diy extension) had no dial tone. We then went and put the phone base station in to the master socket that has the new infinity faceplate on it. Plugged into the bottom slot and no dial tone We then went out and purchased a £10 corded phone and plugged into the slot on the master socket, no dial tone and no power being supplied to the hand set to operate memory functions/lights etc etc Strange thing is Infinity still works fine.
Called up to log an engineer visit and told that if the fault is found with my wiring it will cost £130 :/ am I right in thinking that everything coming into the house and terminating at the master socket is BT's responsibility ? and the fact that I have had 2 phones hard wired into the master socket as evident that it is the socket or cab thats at fault?
Just want to check this as every email/phone conversation/text message, keeps saying it will cost me £130 if no fault found or with my wiring.
And £130 for a call out is a bit steep if there was no fault ! or is that just me?
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Engineer has been and gone ! says it is a problem with the Infinity socket, when he takes it off he can get a dial tone but when he puts the face plate back on we lose the dial tone again. He said he will have to get an Infinity engineer out, could be today but might not, which means Monday or Tuesday
Does not look good after my last BT experience......
http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/Customer-Service-DOES-NOT-EXIST/m-p/157427#M3551

Is there a way to set up a dial tone or a way for someone who is hard of hearing to have the phone set up to make a noise when I hold it up to my ear?

Is there a way to set up an dial tone or set the phone up to make a noise when I hold it up to my ear when i use it

I'm also not sure what you want to accomplish by this. Until you hit the "call" button, the phone is not 'off hook' like a traditional landline would be. There is no such thing as a dial tone on any cell phone. The dial tone was simply a carrier signal from the central office that prepared that end to listen for the pulses (later tones) generated when you dialed.

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Try a different dsl cable. Sound like either the cable or the modem is shorting somewhere.

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Hi
I moved home a few day before Christmas and the phone and broadband were due to be activated on the 7th January which was fully understandable.
Nothing happened on that day so after calling the helpdesk I was told it should be done on the 9th.
On the 9th , for a while we had a dial tone but not able to make any calls as if it wasnt fully activated.
After waiting a further 24 hours I spent ages trying to get a straight answer from India without success. they kept saying there was an issue at the exchange but could not clarify the full issue. They were on hold themselves trying to get to BT openreach.
We have now lost the dial tone and all it says is 'check phone line'
I have chased them again since without any real outcome.
The helpdesk called me yesterday to say I need to re-book an exchange engineer and the first available date is over a month away!
After a lot of pushing they finally admitted that the delay has been caused by the need to get traffic lights installed to allow the engineer to get to the roadside junction box. I'm not entirely sure where this box is but I have found one within 500 yards of my home and there is certainly no need for lights as te van can be parked on the grass verge. I have a screen gra from Google earth to back this up.
I would really appeciate some help in getting to the bottom of this matter as I feel I am being fobbed off.
Regards
Mark

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Fax won't get a dial-tone

Printing to the fax used to work fine. I have sent many faxes. I'm not sure if 10.5.6 broke it or what but the fax won't even get a dial tone now. I have tried two different phone cables and the phone line works, I have a splitter on it and I can hear the dial tone when using the handset. I just downloaded the PageSender Fax software and it doesn't get a dial tone either. I have deleted and re-added the fax in the Printer & Fax system preferences but that didn't help.
I tried setting the preference for not waiting for a dial tone but that doesn't work either.
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