Caller ID not working after move from Sky
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Caller ID not working after move from Sky
06-06-2019 9:33 AM
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I swapped my landline/broadband from Sky to Plusnet back in March.
On the very day the switch was made my caller display stopped working, meaning all callers have since had to go through the procedure of announcing themselves on my phone's (BT 8610) call guardian system. Many of my friends and family are elderly, and struggle with the voice prompts and hash key presses needed to get through the call guardian system.
I have contacted Plusnet by phone and live chat a few times, and have been told that the caller display service is active, and have even done the "*#234#" test on the line and get the message "Callers' identities will be displayed", so after apparently ruling out all other possibilities I assumed that my phone's (BT 8610) caller display function was no longer working, and the fact that it had stopped working on the very same day I swapped over to Plusnet was just an unfortunate coincidence.
I got hold of a Binatone 410 Spirit corded handset with caller display in order to check the line. The caller display function worked with callers' numbers being displayed on the handset, although the odd call did not display now and again when testing it out using my mobile phone.
I then purchased a brand-new BT 4600 handset with call guardian, plugged it in and encountered the same problem as with my old BT 8610 handset i.e. caller display not working. I've tried the handset just plugged in to the master phone socket with nothing else connected at all and it still does not work.
I then took this new BT 4600 handset to my grandson's house (who also swapped from Sky to Plusnet around the same time as I did), plugged it into his Plusnet landline and it worked perfectly, with callers' numbers being displayed and those callers whose numbers are in the phone's memory coming directly through without having to go through the hassle of announcing themselves via the call guardian system.
To me this seems to prove that there is some sort of problem with my line, and I would be very grateful if anybody could suggest a possible solution, as not having the caller display/call guardian feature working correctly is incredibly frustrating for both myself and my friends/family.
Re: Caller ID not working after move from Sky
06-06-2019 10:27 AM
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Hi @Mable76
We are sorry to hear you feel this way and can completely understand your frustration.
I am in the process of removing the caller display feature from your line so I can place another order to put it back on to see if that would make a difference. I will get back in touch with you once it's complete to ask you to check it from your side again.
Thank you for your patience.
Re: Caller ID not working after move from Sky
06-06-2019 11:09 AM
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Hi @Mable76
The order to re-activate the caller display feature is now complete. Can you please check the feature from your side to see if it works? If it doesn't, we would have to raise it for our suppliers to investigate.
Let us know how it goes please.
Re: Caller ID not working after move from Sky
10-06-2019 10:00 AM
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Hello and thank you for your help. Unfortunately the caller display function is still not working, with all callers having to announce themselves via the call guardian system.
I've done a bit of digging on the internet and came across this thread on the BT Community forum, which seems to describe a situation similar to mine.
https://community.bt.com/t5/Landline/BT-caller-ID-stopped-working/td-p/1769174
Could this possibly be the cause of the fault?
Re: Caller ID not working after move from Sky
10-06-2019 11:36 AM
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Sorry to hear you're still having issues @Mable76
I've raised this as a fault to our suppliers and we'll investigate further.
Apologies for
Re: Caller ID not working after move from Sky
11-06-2019 8:48 AM - edited 11-06-2019 8:49 AM
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Move from Sky to Plusnet - was this from ADSL to Fibre as well?
IIRC there have been historical cases where on an upgrade to fibre leaving the tied pair in place at the exchange has fouled up the operation of CLI. A move from Sky to Plusnet certainly involves in-exchange work in this area.
Is this possibility part of the CLI issues diagnostic workflow in relation to LLU migrations?
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Re: Caller ID not working after move from Sky
11-06-2019 11:08 AM
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@Townman The exchange tie pair issues is one we're aware of and is the next step we need to take after the initial fault has been raised
Re: Caller ID not working after move from Sky
11-06-2019 7:09 PM - edited 11-06-2019 7:14 PM
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@Townman wrote:
@MatthewWheeler
Move from Sky to Plusnet - was this from ADSL to Fibre as well?
IIRC there have been historical cases where on an upgrade to fibre leaving the tied pair in place at the exchange has fouled up the operation of CLI. A move from Sky to Plusnet certainly involves in-exchange work in this area.
Is this possibility part of the CLI issues diagnostic workflow in relation to LLU migrations?
Thank you for your suggestion, I'm not technically minded but would love to get to the bottom of this mystery.
I swapped from standard Sky broadnand to standard Plusnet broadband.
Re: Caller ID not working after move from Sky
11-06-2019 7:15 PM
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@MatthewWheeler wrote:
Sorry to hear you're still having issues @Mable76
I've raised this as a fault to our suppliers and we'll investigate further.
Apologies for
Thank you very much.
Re: Caller ID not working after move from Sky
11-06-2019 8:07 PM
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Hi @Mable76,
Thank you for confirming that you moved over to us from Sky, it does sound like this may have been caused by a tie pair issue.
Our suppliers are currently looking into the fault and our faults team will be in touch once we've received an update from our suppliers.
Re: Caller ID not working after move from Sky
23-07-2019 2:55 PM
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Hello, sorry for the long delay in replying but I haven't been well.
Unfortunately the caller ID is still not working, and the message I received from you last month has now closed as I didn't reply to it in time.
Please could you re-open the question so that I can reply to the message.
Re: Caller ID not working after move from Sky
23-07-2019 3:56 PM
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