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Default Home Phone Wiring Repair

On Friday, April 29, 2016 at 2:19:22 PM UTC-5, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 04/28/2016 06:51 PM, trader_4 wrote:

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He's at the point where it enters the building. He has no dial tone.
Time to call the phone company, that's what he's paying for.


IF the test was done with the house wiring disconnected, to make sure it
isn't causing the problem.
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Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/


I've seen bugs, plants and water wetting a phone jack conduct enough electricity to pull the phone circuit off hook. It's not unusual for phone company techs to find jacks that dogs have urinated on. The urine and deposits it leaves will short the phone line. ^_^

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