"Bob Minchin" wrote in message
...
Years ago I used to know the number that you could dial on a BT line in
order to cause the exchange to ring you back to test the bell.

I've been doing some changes to my home phone installation on an NTL line
and I'd like to test it in this way.

Yes I know I could use a mobile phone but does anyone know the ring back
code please?

TIA

Bob



BT is 17070.

I don't think that there is one on Virgin - it's such an amalgam of cable
operators using different manufactures switches (Nortel DMS, Ericsson AXE,
Marconi System X, Nokia, etc) that I doubt one common number exists ...and
all linesmen now have mobiles! 1579 (Telewest Nortel DMS) will tell me the
number that I have called from; but doesn't appear to have a ring back test.

Peter

Peter Andrews wrote:
"Bob wrote in message
...
Years ago I used to know the number that you could dial on a BT line in
order to cause the exchange to ring you back to test the bell.

I've been doing some changes to my home phone installation on an NTL line
and I'd like to test it in this way.

Yes I know I could use a mobile phone but does anyone know the ring back
code please?

TIA

Bob



BT is 17070.

I don't think that there is one on Virgin - it's such an amalgam of cable
operators using different manufactures switches (Nortel DMS, Ericsson AXE,
Marconi System X, Nokia, etc) that I doubt one common number exists ...and
all linesmen now have mobiles! 1579 (Telewest Nortel DMS) will tell me the
number that I have called from; but doesn't appear to have a ring back test.

Peter


Thanks Peter,
The BT one does not work on my line and you are correct in that the
Virgin network has a lot of varied history. I think we started off as
Comtel. i was a BT customer then and did not pay much attention to the
cable network at the time.
174 gives me the number called from.
Perhaps using a moby is the easiest way after all!

Cheers

Bob