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From: David Nebenzahl on 16 Jul 2010 17:57
On 7/16/2010 2:54 PM David Nebenzahl spake thus:

> Anyone familiar with the inner mysteries of the telephone system care to
> try to 'splain this? How could a phone not work, but still ring on an
> incoming call?

Forgot to mention, in case it's relevant, that they also have DSL, and
some of the phones have in-line DSL filters. Problem remains with or
without the filters.


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From: Dani on 16 Jul 2010 22:20
The easiest fix is to go to where the phone line enters the house
(inside), unhook everything inside, & try a phone there. This will
eliminate all the inside. If it works, try hooking up one line inside
at a time to see which one's bad. Or, just get a cheap codless phone,
if it's too hard to redo all the inside wires if that's the problem.
If, for example, you have just sprayed for insects, you may have
killed a line jack, dampness can also do this. If it still won't work
the problem is outside. The phone company will generally fix the
outside gear (theirs) for free. Hope this helps.
From: David Nebenzahl on 17 Jul 2010 01:20
On 7/16/2010 7:20 PM Dani spake thus:

> The easiest fix is to go to where the phone line enters the house
> (inside), unhook everything inside, & try a phone there.

How the hell will this help me? Didn't you read my post? I said that
*some* of the phones (meaning the wiring inside the house) work and some
of them don't, so obviously the problem is inside the house.

> This will eliminate all the inside. If it works, try hooking up one
> line inside at a time to see which one's bad. Or, just get a cheap
> codless phone, if it's too hard to redo all the inside wires if
> that's the problem. If, for example, you have just sprayed for
> insects, you may have killed a line jack, dampness can also do this.
> If it still won't work the problem is outside. The phone company will
> generally fix the outside gear (theirs) for free. Hope this helps.

Nope. It doesn't.


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From: Jeffrey D Angus on 17 Jul 2010 11:56
David Nebenzahl wrote:
> I said that *some* of the phones (meaning the wiring inside the
> house) work and some of them don't, so obviously the problem
> is inside the house.

Bite the bullet. Buy a box of Cat-3 (or 5) wire and start over.
Every house I've ever worked on has a total cluster-f**k for the
telephone wiring.

Pick a location, (a closet or such) and call that "home".
Run a new cable from the telephone company POE, to there.
From there, run a new cable to each and every jack in the
house.

One Type-66 split block and a package of jumper clips will
make a nice "distribution" point in the closet.

Problem solved.

And if you decide to get campy and put in a cheap PBX, all
your work is already done for the most part.

Jeff



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From: PeterD on 17 Jul 2010 17:21
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:33:24 -0700, David Nebenzahl
<nobody(a)but.us.chickens> wrote:

>...
>Ackshooly, the homeowners are lucky, because the last time they called
>the telco (AT&T), they got a guy who scurried about under the house,
>found the problem (this was a DSL issue), fixed it, and DIDN'T CHARGE
>THEM ANYTHING FOR IT! They think they can get this person to perform
>another miracle for them.

That would truely be a miracle, and if it happens they should also
consdier buying a handful of lottery tickets. Heck, just one lottery
ticket, it will win.
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