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New customer - no phone

Felix64
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Registered: ‎11-01-2016

New customer - no phone

Hi, we're due to have our phone and broadband switched to plusnet (from bt and talk talk respectively) on Friday. I didn't expect anything to happen before then however something's happened to our phone line. We can receive calls but get no dialling tone anymore. Our broadband is still ok. I checked bt service status page and it's not reporting a fault on our line.  Could this be anything to do with the switch, so I should sit tight (I'm not that fussed if I can't make calls for a few days) or do I need to chase up bt to fix a possible fault? It seems like too much of a coincidence since nothing like this has happened before.
Thanks
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MatthewWheeler
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Re: New customer - no phone

I'd recommend contacting BT to see if there's anything they can see but failing that I'd recommend waiting till Friday as we'll be able to test the line.
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Felix64
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Re: New customer - no phone

I got them to run a line check from the "My BT" page however it didn't report a fault.  I don't want to start wasting money on calling a BT engineer if this is something to do with the switchover, it seems like too much of a coincidence to me.
HPsauce
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Re: New customer - no phone

It could just be a handset or local/internal wiring fault, how many handsets have you tried? Wired or cordless? Extension socket, master socket and Test socket?
Felix64
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Re: New customer - no phone

Well the fault seems to have fixed itself. I tried the test socket and initially still had no tone, however on a whim tried dialling a number anyway and it kicked into life. Then put it all back together again and it all seems to be fine. Very odd. Thanks for the replies.