Why do I hear dialing when I'm talking on the house phone?

Question

When I'm talking on the house phone, every 25 seconds or so, I will hear dialing. The phone company says it's the wires in my house. I've tried each phone by itself (with the others unplugged), hoping it's a bad phone but I have the same problem with all the phones (both corded phones and cordless phones). I plugged a phone into the outside box and did not hear the dialing. Does anyone have any idea what can be causing this? Thanks.

Answer 1

wtf country do you ground the line 2 pair of your inside wire???

it is faint in the background, and is caused by induction.. it is only going to be heard when someone is dialing another phone on a cable/pair that is in close proximity to yours outside...

the reason that you did not hear the problem when you tested it at your NID is because at that time no one was dialing, or... the phone you were using at the nid has better noise filtering, or... the noise of being outside affected you hearing the faint dialing in the background..

your trouble is caused by either an imbalance or split pair... both of these troubles are an outside trouble, and you need to have the phone company come out and repair your line...

Answer 2

tetet

Answer 3

oh my gosh you have that too! thats the worst and its ssoooo anyoing isnt it! they said it was probably because we got a new company but it is still going on!

Answer 4

Most of the other answers are correct.  If this is a loud dialing - then it is in the same house.  If it is faint - then it is crosstalk.  The wires in your home can act as an antenna and pick up interference.  If you do not get it outside at the demarc point (bell box) then it is caused inside.  Try grounding the yellow wire of the telephone cable - if you have green - red - black - yellow wire - or the white with orange bands if not.  There is a ground on the bell box.  Older style phones will be grounded inside - newer phones will not have a third connection.  See if this helps - if not Radio Shack has in-line filters.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

it is somebody else in the house trying to call somebody while you're talking it happens all the time to me.

Answer 6

It's called Crosstalk.