🚀 go-pugleaf

David Longley <David@longley.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<877780096snz@longley.demon.co.uk>...
> Here's a puzzle for UK BT engineers and other UK telecoms folk.
> 
> We  have two phone lines, one for voice and one for the  PC.  The 
> voice  line is on the new exchange as it supports 1471 and  other 
> services. The other number is not, but will be changed over  next 
> month.
> 
> My partner recently bought a second phone "HORIZON" IE-AH  REN=1, 
> and  plugged  it  in  upstairs, leaving  the  currnet  phone  and 
> answermachine plugged in downstairs. The new phone's ringer  just 
> rings.  Even  if  the  downstairs  phone  and  answermachine   is 
> unplugged the same happens. Same happens with an old BT  Viscount 
> phone plugged in. (The SONY SPP-50 seems fine though).

I believe it is _possible_ that this MIGHT be caused by shorting pins 3 & 4
in the BT plug?  I have put in a modem for a mate and it was strange - he
didn't get a cable with it so we tried a few different cables and one of
them just made the other phones in the house ring constantly.