Phone light is on phone does everything but cant dial out or recieve no dial tone?

Question

Phone light is on phone does everything but cant dial out or recieve no dial tone?

Answer 1

In the immortalised words of the ITMen

Have you tried switching it off 'n on again

[Best read with an Irish brogue]

If the phone is behaving badly - try powering it down and removing the battery for say .. 30 mins as some circuits keep a residual charge for ages in some modern PDA's and phones.

That is the same principle as re-booting your machine when Windows crashes ;]

Answer 2

Are you talking about your home phone or a mobile? If its the home phone the connection to your house could be down. I live in a rural area with overhead power and phone lines which get lots of damage because of weather conditions. This can cause my phone to go down even though it seems okay in the house.  

Answer 3

these people did not read the question.. or they think a cell phone gets dial tone... lol...

anyhow.. when you dial your number you get a busy signal right?

one of the phones in your home, or a fax, or modem etc is off hook or defective...