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Clicking on phone line
We are hearing intermittent clicking on a couple of phones in the
house. The phones are cordless and it has been going on for about a week. A corded phone on the main floor is okay. It's happening on two different cordless phone sets (and brands). I took a couple phones to the basement to the Bell box (NID?) and a corded phone seemed okay. . The cordless phone still clicked connected directly to the Bell box. I'm afraid when I call the phone company for service the repairman will hook up his phone and say it's okay and that it's my problem with cordless phones. Any ideas. Thanks in advance. |
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"Brooklin" wrote in message ... We are hearing intermittent clicking on a couple of phones in the house. The phones are cordless and it has been going on for about a week. A corded phone on the main floor is okay. It's happening on two different cordless phone sets (and brands). I took a couple phones to the basement to the Bell box (NID?) and a corded phone seemed okay. . The cordless phone still clicked connected directly to the Bell box. I'm afraid when I call the phone company for service the repairman will hook up his phone and say it's okay and that it's my problem with cordless phones. Any ideas. Thanks in advance. It is the cordless phones. The reception is probably not up to snuff or there is noise on the line from either a DSL connection or electrical interference from an adjacent house. DSL connections are notoriously noisy on cordless phones. |
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"Brooklin" wrote in message ... I took a couple phones to the basement to the Bell box (NID?) and a corded phone seemed okay. . The cordless phone still clicked connected directly to the Bell box. I'm afraid when I call the phone company for service the repairman will hook up his phone and say it's okay and that it's my problem with cordless phones. Any ideas. Thanks in advance. Well, surprise, surprise. Of course 'bell' will say it's your problem with the cordless, because it IS your problem. Their *wired* service to you seems to be fine. You are introducing a radio link which is subject to RFI (radio frequency interference). Any of many RFI sources could be interfering- garage door openers, wireless modems, other cordless phones, ham operators, X10 remote devices, etc, etc. Why in the world are you having the phone co check this? seems to me to be a no brainer that it's not their fault. You've already shown this with a corded phone. lee |
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Clicking on phone line
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:41:22 -0500, Brooklin
wrote: We are hearing intermittent clicking on a couple of phones in the house. The phones are cordless and it has been going on for about a week. A corded phone on the main floor is okay. It's happening on two different cordless phone sets (and brands). That's me. You weren't supposed to notice. Not to self: Order new equipment. Bill Department of Agriculture. I took a couple phones to the basement to the Bell box (NID?) and a corded phone seemed okay. . The cordless phone still clicked connected directly to the Bell box. I'm afraid when I call the phone company for service the repairman will hook up his phone and say it's okay Well of course he will. You just said it was ok in the previous paragraph! The cordless phone could have many reasons for clicking. I just tried mine and it's clicking too. It's a new used phone with a weak battery. It won't make contact with the phone line, but it does know how to click. and that it's my problem with cordless phones. Any ideas. Thanks in advance. |
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On Jan 31, 12:01 am, "lee houston" wrote:
"Brooklin" wrote in message ... I took a couple phones to the basement to the Bell box (NID?) and a corded phone seemed okay. . The cordless phone still clicked connected directly to the Bell box. I'm afraid when I call the phone company for service the repairman will hook up his phone and say it's okay and that it's my problem with cordless phones. Any ideas. Thanks in advance. Well, surprise, surprise. Of course 'bell' will say it's your problem with the cordless, because it IS your problem. Their *wired* service to you seems to be fine. You are introducing a radio link which is subject to RFI (radio frequency interference). Any of many RFI sources could be interfering- garage door openers, wireless modems, other cordless phones, ham operators, X10 remote devices, etc, etc. Why in the world are you having the phone co check this? seems to me to be a no brainer that it's not their fault. You've already shown this with a corded phone. lee .. Agree. The telco service sounds fine (no clicking). So not their problem or cost! The cordless phone or phones, whoever supplied them or wherever bought seem to be affected by some sort of radio interference? Interference picked up by their built in antenna or, as a remote possibility through the electrical wiring of the building since it powers the cordless phone cradle units; probably using plug in wall- warts? Find the source of the interference yourself. Not likely to be anything to do with the telco. In our case we have a Remington electric shaver (it's not even a rechargeable), which when plugged in, not even in use, generates an electrical click several times a second. But we have another Remington that does NOT generate clicks. Other sources could be light dimmers, microwave clocks, door openers or any of the multitude of 'gadgets' around us these days. e.g. a faulty fluorescent fixture, flashing electric sign etc. etc. A portable radio may help you find the source of the interference. |
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Clicking on phone line
"Pop`" wrote in message news:xD8wh.169$Ia4.45@trnddc01... Eigenvector wrote: "Brooklin" wrote in message ... We are hearing intermittent clicking on a couple of phones in the house. The phones are cordless and it has been going on for about a week. A corded phone on the main floor is okay. It's happening on two different cordless phone sets (and brands). What speed is the clicking? Wireless networking will affect 2.4 and/or 5.6 Ghz cordless phones. |
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linkalpha had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/main...ne-190381-.htm : ------------------------------------- Pop` wrote: h_k wrote: GWB is tapping your line. You're a complete idiot; and now he's tapping YOUR line! "Since October [2005], news accounts have disclosed a burgeoning Pentagon campaign for 'detecting, identifying and engaging' internal enemies that included a database with information on peace protesters. A debate has roiled over the FBI's use of national security letters to obtain secret access to the personal records of tens of thousands of Americans. And now come revelations of the National Security Agency's interception of telephone calls and e-mails from the United States -- without notice to the federal court that has held jurisdiction over domestic spying since 1978. "Defiant in the face of criticism, the Bush administration has portrayed each surveillance initiative as a defense of American freedom."—Barton Gellman and Dafna Linzer, Washington Post, December 18, 2005. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_W._Bush's_domestic_spying With Congressional hearings scheduled to begin February 6, 2006, and ejecting "critics' assertion that he broke the law by authorizing domestic eavesdropping without a warrant, saying he was doing what Congress authorized him to do to protect Americans from terrorist attacks," President Bush "kicked his administration's new intensive public relations effort to win support for the program run by the National Security Agency" by rebranding it the "Terrorist Surveillance Program," the Associated Press's Nedra Pickler reported January 21, 2006. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_W._Bush's_domestic_spying Maybe you should rethink "You're a complete idiot....." ##-----------------------------------------------## Delivered via http://www.thestuccocompany.com/ Building Construction and Maintenance Forum Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup - alt.home.repair - 311702 messages and counting! ##-----------------------------------------------## |
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