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gothicdraconian 02-08-2010 21:34

Dial tone with pauses
 
Hi

I'm back with Virgin now as moved to a house that is cabled.

I have a question regarding the landline phone line. The dial tone is not a constant tone but is punctuated by a pause every second. Would there be any feature/ service on the line? It has been like this since the second the line was activated by the installer last week.

TIA

Rao Vantika 02-08-2010 22:11

Re: Dial tone with pauses
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by gothicdraconian (Post 35066549)
Hi

I'm back with Virgin now as moved to a house that is cabled.

I have a question regarding the landline phone line. The dial tone is not a constant tone but is punctuated by a pause every second. Would there be any feature/ service on the line? It has been like this since the second the line was activated by the installer last week.

TIA

Could be a Voicemail message or network service such as divert active.

Try dialling 1571 to see if there is a message waiting. Failing that try *#001# (works on some exchanges to tell if any diverts or barring are active).

HTH.

v0id 02-08-2010 22:34

Re: Dial tone with pauses
 
So you're getting a 'busy' tone?

Digital Fanatic 03-08-2010 02:21

Re: Dial tone with pauses
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by gothicdraconian (Post 35066549)
Hi

I'm back with Virgin now as moved to a house that is cabled.

I have a question regarding the landline phone line. The dial tone is not a constant tone but is punctuated by a pause every second. Would there be any feature/ service on the line? It has been like this since the second the line was activated by the installer last week.

TIA

As said above, it will be voicemail or call divert. Some switches have a permanent broken tone when voicemail is active, going to a faster tone when there is a message waiting.

Others only have a broken tone when a message is waiting for you.


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