Telephone Issues!!!?

Question

My phone was working fine yesterday, but when i went to make a phone call today i didn't get a dial tone. I tried my phone upstairs and I still didn't get a dial tone. Yet I have DSL and I am able to use it. I tested my line outside and it showed that the problem was INSIDE the house. Any ideas of what it could be or how to fix it?

Answer 1

disconnect all the phones in your house.......then plug only one phone in.........if there is no dial tone....get a new DSL filter!  this is usually the problem here!!

Answer 2

mine has done that too. for me it's when one of the phones wasn't hung up all the way, or it's not into the jack properly.

Answer 3

You still have a landline phone.....Thats the problem.

Answer 4

sometimes when you have a short ,you're dsl will still work even thought you don't get a dialtone. (it has to do with the way your line is split for voice and data) unplug  ALL your jacks including your dsl for about 2 min and plug back in. it should reset itself.

Answer 5

Is your DSL Router a Wireless-G ?

Are you using 2.4 GHz cordless Phones?

If that were the case, then the Wireless-G devices may be interfering with 2.4 GHz phones.

If that is the case, power-off Wireless-G devices and see if phones will work then?

If that is the case, then try changing Wireless-G channels used.  There are 11 Wireless-G Router channels that can be used in case of Router interference problems.

Cordless phone issues can also be evaluated by substituting the cordless phones with a "corded" telephone.  If "corded" phone works, then it's likely a cordless RFI interference issue.

Answer 6

Is the phone and electric line plugged in?