Freaky phones

[mikekn]

Just found out that our phones are dead - no dial tone. I checked all of them and they were all on-hook and all the cables are in good shape. I went outside and don't see any downed wires anywhere, plus I get no dial tone at the network interface box. The freaky part is I still have DSL, which runs over the same pair of wires...

Comments

[braider.livejournal.com]

Unplug *everything*, then re-plug it in. A friend just had an identical problem. For her, it was the caller ID box.

It's "Name That Quote!"

[cryptess.livejournal.com]

"He's coming for you, Barbara."

[kathy-the-geek.livejournal.com]

I wondered if it might be your answering machines since there was a power outage somewhere...do you have a straight analog phone anywhere? Try unplugging everything and plugging that in?

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Do you have any exposed jacks on the floor which a cat could have peed upon? My sister just had weird phone troubles which were sourced to that.