Our phones won't ring!

<Mitch@_._> wrote in message
news:9tof74h33e5fs1fcu13jbn8mm9m0b8onh9@4ax.com...
> Someone called me on my cell and told me that they called my home
> phone, and it just rang and rang.
>
> But I was right here...it never rang, and the machine didn't pick up.
>
> Weird thing is, I can call out. And I can call the home phone from my
> cell, and I can answer the home phone and connect even though it isn't
> ringing.
>
> I have a Panasonic DECT phone with 3 handsets. I unplugged this, and
> still, the wired phones in the garage and laundry room don't ring!
>
> Any ideas?!?

If you haven't turned the ringers off on all your phones, call the repair
people at your phone service provider...

Mitch@_._ wrote:
> Someone called me on my cell and told me that they called my home
> phone, and it just rang and rang.
>
> But I was right here...it never rang, and the machine didn't pick up.
>
> Weird thing is, I can call out. And I can call the home phone from my
> cell, and I can answer the home phone and connect even though it isn't
> ringing.
>
> I have a Panasonic DECT phone with 3 handsets. I unplugged this, and
> still, the wired phones in the garage and laundry room don't ring!
>
> Any ideas?!?

disconnect all of the phones. try them one at a time, see if you can
narrow the issue down to one phone. If NONE of them work, try plugging
directly into the NID. If that works, you have an issue with the wiring
inside the house. If that still doesn't work, call the phone co.

Or just do what I did, go all cellular. Since Verizon seemed unable to
provide me with a line that worked reliably, I seemed unable to continue
to pay for their service.

nate

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On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:01:39 -0400, Nate Nagel <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Mitch@_._ wrote:
>> Someone called me on my cell and told me that they called my home
>> phone, and it just rang and rang.
>>
>> But I was right here...it never rang, and the machine didn't pick up.
>>
>> Weird thing is, I can call out. And I can call the home phone from my
>> cell, and I can answer the home phone and connect even though it isn't
>> ringing.
>>
>> I have a Panasonic DECT phone with 3 handsets. I unplugged this, and
>> still, the wired phones in the garage and laundry room don't ring!
>>
>> Any ideas?!?
>
>disconnect all of the phones. try them one at a time, see if you can
>narrow the issue down to one phone. If NONE of them work, try plugging
>directly into the NID. If that works, you have an issue with the wiring
>inside the house. If that still doesn't work, call the phone co.
>
>Or just do what I did, go all cellular.

Going cellular could be what I'd do, if there was decent cellular
signal here. It's usually weak (with frequent dropouts during calls).
I'm in town, but not that close to a business area.

Strangely, I can go out to the country, walk into the woods, and get a
good (4-5 bars) signal there.

> Since Verizon seemed unable to
>provide me with a line that worked reliably, I seemed unable to continue
>to pay for their service.
>
>nate
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:52:44 GMT, Mitch@_._ wrote:

>Someone called me on my cell and told me that they called my home
>phone, and it just rang and rang.
>
>But I was right here...it never rang, and the machine didn't pick up.
>
>Weird thing is, I can call out. And I can call the home phone from my
>cell, and I can answer the home phone and connect even though it isn't
>ringing.
>
>I have a Panasonic DECT phone with 3 handsets. I unplugged this, and
>still, the wired phones in the garage and laundry room don't ring!
>
>Any ideas?!?

Uh oh. Deja vu.

Try this:

Call your home from your cell. While it's 'ringing', pick up the home
phone. Does your cell keep ringing, or do you 'answer'?

Had this at my parents. Called my cell phone from the landline - and
the Caller ID that showed WASN'T the right number.

So I called back the number from my cell. The home phone rang a few
times - and then someone picked up. After probably the weirdest "Ummmm
Hello, this is going to sound strange..." it turns out it was a
neighbor 3 houses away. Yep, Pac... err AT&Whoever came out earlier
that day, and party lined my parents house and a neighbors house. That
line was going to 2 different houses.
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>Call your home from your cell. While it's 'ringing', pick up the home
>phone. Does your cell keep ringing, or do you 'answer'?

Nope. It answers. And it oesn't even say "incoming call."
I plugged a know good phone into the test jack. Same behavior, so I
guess it's their issue. At least I hope.

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:52:44 GMT, Mitch@_._ wrote:

>Someone called me on my cell and told me that they called my home
>phone, and it just rang and rang.
>
>But I was right here...it never rang, and the machine didn't pick up.
>
>Weird thing is, I can call out. And I can call the home phone from my
>cell, and I can answer the home phone and connect even though it isn't
>ringing.
>
>I have a Panasonic DECT phone with 3 handsets. I unplugged this, and
>still, the wired phones in the garage and laundry room don't ring!
>
>Any ideas?!?

My home phone doesn't ring either. Since I have a cell phone like
yourself I stopped the home service. That's my idea.

On Jul 11, 5:52 pm, Mitch@_._ wrote:
> Someone called me on my cell and told me that they called my home
> phone, and it just rang and rang.
>
> But I was right here...it never rang, and the machine didn't pick up.
>
> Weird thing is, I can call out.  And I can call the home phone from my
> cell, and I can answer the home phone and connect even though it isn't
> ringing.
>
> I have a Panasonic DECT phone with 3 handsets.  I unplugged this, and
> still, the wired phones in the garage and laundry room don't ring!
>
> Any ideas?!?

I've always heard that a bad ground at the service entrance would
cause that.
Personally never seen it, but everyone who ever reported that problem
also reported that as the solution.

On Jul 11, 8:52 pm, Mitch@_._ wrote:
> Someone called me on my cell and told me that they called my home
> phone, and it just rang and rang.
>
> But I was right here...it never rang, and the machine didn't pick up.
>
> Weird thing is, I can call out.  And I can call the home phone from my
> cell, and I can answer the home phone and connect even though it isn't
> ringing.
>
> I have a Panasonic DECT phone with 3 handsets.  I unplugged this, and
> still, the wired phones in the garage and laundry room don't ring!
>
> Any ideas?!?

If they are indeed standard telephone industry wired phones they
should ring. However if they are the sort of phones that need
electricity to operate that may be the problem?
Also there are wiring options within some, especially old-fashioned
and reconditioned Bell system type phones that allow the 'ringer'
inside to be connected or not.
Did your phones previously ring OK.
Have you added or made any other changes such as adding say a FAX
machine or voice answering unit or attaching your phone line to a home
computer?
Or has the phone line been hooked up to say, satellite TV receiver in
order to automatically dial and order movies etc.
However another possible problem, on very long telephone lines,
especially using el-cheapo 3rd world phones such as those often bought
for $10 to $20 at 'Around a buck' stores etc. is too many phone low
grade ringers on the one line!
A particularly aggravating case was a fireman not receiving urgent
phone calls after his two sons hooked cheap phones they received
'free' (made in Mexico or somewhere!) free magazine subscriptions.
Not saying that's what is happening but just a few suggestions.
Please post some more analysis.
If you can make outgoing calls without any crackling or noise it is
unlikely, but not impossible, that the pair of wires to your house
from the telephone building or wire centre, is faulty. The phone
company can often do a test without dispatching a repair person to
determine if the trouble is 'inside' or 'outside' your premises.
Also in these days of competition between telephone providers if the
problem turns out to be wiring or other factors within your house,
e.g. damp wall outlet phone jacks, condensation in the garage, in this
current humid weather etc. or defective or unsuitable phones there may
be $ charges.