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oldswan
(learned) Fri 30-Nov-18 16:28:03

Faulty phone line

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My phone line died this morning, no dial tone even at master socket and engaged to callers Despite this my broadband is working at full normal speed. How can this happen? BT have diagnosed an external fault.

max360
(learned) Fri 30-Nov-18 16:45:36

Re: Faulty phone line

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Hi,

It's possible one of the leg of the cable has broken/snapped off in the PCP or on the DP.
The broadband can continue to work on one of the leg.

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partial
(experienced) Fri 30-Nov-18 16:58:55

Re: Faulty phone line

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Insulation fault A-B will cause engaged tone. Usually indoors.

Zarjaz
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Fri 30-Nov-18 17:11:46

Re: Faulty phone line

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In reply to a post by max360:
Hi,

It's possible one of the leg of the cable has broken/snapped off in the PCP or on the DP.
The broadband can continue to work on one of the leg.

... and how would this explain the engaged tone callers to the number are getting ?

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Zarjaz
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Fri 30-Nov-18 17:21:01

Re: Faulty phone line

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It kinda depends what sort of broadband you have ?

What is killing your dialling tone is a loop fault.

If you have FTTC then it�s an exchange/E side/cab fault.

If it�s ADSL then it�s most likely an exchange fault before the DSLAM ties.

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RobertoS
(elder) Fri 30-Nov-18 17:56:56

Re: Faulty phone line

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In reply to a post by max360:
Hi,

It's possible one of the leg of the cable has broken/snapped off in the PCP or on the DP.
The broadband can continue to work on one of the leg.

Not at full speed it can't. Not even half speed. It is severely degraded, and the fault can be anywhere including in the user premises before the modem.

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oldswan
(learned) Fri 30-Nov-18 18:08:51

Re: Faulty phone line

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Thanks Zarjaz. I do have FTTC so it is evidently a loop fault. Hope it isn't too much of a B to locate it for the engineers sake.

Zarjaz
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Fri 30-Nov-18 18:45:12

Re: Faulty phone line

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.... shouldn�t be too taxing.

Good luck.

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Zarjaz
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Fri 30-Nov-18 18:51:33

Re: Faulty phone line

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...... depends which leg is dis too .

... if the pair is straight A to B then it needs to be the A leg dis allow the broadband to continue to (partially) work.

B leg dis, no dial tone, no broadband.

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max360
(regular) Fri 30-Nov-18 18:59:45

Re: Faulty phone line

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Thanks, good to know. Loop fault or short circuit can occur indoors as well? I would check by plugging in the telephone into the master socket test port.

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