No corded telephone to check noisy line?
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No corded telephone to check noisy line?
28-08-2017 8:48 PM
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28-08-2017 11:09 PM
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It is best if you test using a corded phone. If you can't borrow one you can get one for £5.49 from Argos: http://www.argos.co.uk/product/3924358
jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |
Re: No corded telephone to check noisy line?
29-08-2017 7:34 AM
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Definitely get a cheapo corded phone as recommended by @jelv. The amount of perceived 'noise' from a BT cordless phone system surprised me - I always assumed it was the line!
Re: No corded telephone to check noisy line?
29-08-2017 10:27 AM - edited 29-08-2017 10:28 AM
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and always handy to have in a power cut when your cordless will be as useful as a chocolate teapot!
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Re: No corded telephone to check noisy line?
29-08-2017 4:59 PM
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29-08-2017 5:26 PM
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I can't hear anything when the phone rings; only one tiny ringing sound and then silence. After picking up the receiver, neither I nor the other person can hear anything. The same applies to the cordless telephone as well.
Whilst on the line to PN via my mobile, they did about 3 line tests and all came back without any problems?! - Very bizarre.
And @Anoush; yes, I've booked an engineer visit for this Thursday between 1-6 pm. I'll certainly let you guys know what happened.
One more thing; it seems my caller display's not working either. Hopefully after the visit, everything should be back to normal.
Re: No corded telephone to check noisy line?
29-08-2017 5:37 PM
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@Cagney1994 wrote:
One more thing; it seems my caller display's not working either. Hopefully after the visit, everything should be back to normal.
Should be. The CLI signal is a stream of data in the voiceband, and is easily corrupted by noise on the line.
Zen FTTC 40/10 + Digital Voice FRITZ!Box 7530
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Re: No corded telephone to check noisy line?
31-08-2017 6:08 PM
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Well, the engineer's been and sorted it all out. Top bloke is all I can say. And the problem was with the box junction (the bit where the line enters into the property, then into the box, and finally out to the master socket). Apparently it was a right mess inside.
The only thing now is to uncap part of my data rate. The stat. shows 440/18445. If PN could look into that, that'd be great.
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31-08-2017 8:33 PM
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