My phone is not working...?

Question

My home phone aint working. it is making this wierd noise and now it wont call anyone.....what do i do???

Answer 1

If you are in the US, most phone boxes outside your home have two connections-one that plugs into your house, another that plugs into the phone system. If you have had a lot of rain lately, sounds like water problems in the line.  

Anyway-you can take a corded phone outside and open up the box if you have it and plug into the phone company's jack-that will tell you whether the problem is your phone lines or the phone company's.  Also telling you this, because if you have this feature, they will automatically ask you to do that or go on about how it is your internal wiring. Good luck.  The biggest problem I have is getting a live person on the phone from the phone company within 30 minutes!

Answer 2

call the phone company

Answer 3

set the banana down and pick of the phone.  Bananas dont work as phones.

Answer 4

Visit the site below, it has useful information about fixing and repairing phone lines. Good luck.

http://www.fix-your-phone-line.com

Answer 5

CAll your phone service provider from another phone.

Answer 6

Use another phone to call the phone company which provides your land-line service.

Be aware that residential repairs often take days and don't seem to be a high priority. Also, if the fault is found to be in the wiring in the home, or in the instrument(s) itself, the phone company either won't repair it or will charge you for repairs to your property.

It helps if you can identify which line leading to your house is the phone line, then tramp around outside (maybe with binoculars) looking for a broken wire or a switchbox with signs of animal activity. (Insulation is apparently tasty.)