"Jerry" wrote in message
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On Aug 20, 2:57 pm, Jethro wrote:

It seems my 4 house phones were all working just fine this morning at
10AM. The this afternoon, I discovered that there is a horrible
'buzzing' or 'humming' kind of sound on the line that renders
conversation impossible, and in fact my dial-up is non working as a
result as well.


One thing people sometimes forget about when checking out their phone
lines is the burglar alarm. If you have an alarm system with a phone
connection, don't forget to disconnect that.

Note that if this applies to you, make sure you call the alarm company
FIRST, and tell them, so they don't call for a police response thinking the
place is being attacked. Yeah, a faulty 'line seizure' block could add
static. Note that if it is a real fancy system, it may have an embedded cell
phone link as well.

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