topic intermittent dial tone in Home Phone

intermittent dial tone

spuddyhontas — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 20:56:59 GMT

Hi, just went to make a call tonight and noticed that instead of a constant dial tone it is intermittent but constant. Wondered if this would be affecting service as everything seems to be working fine. Regards, Sarah

Re: intermittent dial tone

Strat — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 20:59:40 GMT

Sounds like you have a voice mail.

Re: intermittent dial tone

198kHz — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 21:00:52 GMT

It can mean various things, but the most common is that you have a message waiting.
Try dialling 1571 and see if you have a message.

Re: intermittent dial tone

spuddyhontas — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 21:04:01 GMT

Thanks for the speedy reply.
Was a new one on me, since I've always had an answer machine built in to my phone and didn't request the 1571 service it didn't occur to me.
Once again, thanks for solving
Sarah

Re: intermittent dial tone

198kHz — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 21:11:53 GMT

I believe it is currently the default on a new provision or migration.
You can ask for it to be removed here - https://portal.plus.net/plustalk/index.php?page=wlr_add_call_features

Re: intermittent dial tone

alanf — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 23:39:48 GMT

Quote from: Force
I believe it is currently the default on a new provision or migration.

If that's the case then the web site needs updating
"Although Voicemail (1571) is free, you'll need to add it via the Telephone Control Panel before you can use it. "
http://portal.plus.net/support/phone/call_features.shtml

Re: intermittent dial tone

biggles001 — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 15:36:05 GMT

I found that when I activated call diversion,the dial tone was intermittent,didn't happen when I was Talktalk,but it did when I was with BT many moons ago