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In article <871391807snz@iapetus.demon.co.uk>, Laurence Taylor
<laurence@iapetus.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <871228953snz@longley.demon.co.uk>
>           David@longley.demon.co.uk "David Longley" writes:
>
>-> Has  something odd happened to the phone line sin teh Glos.  area 
>-> in England between July and August? Specically the 01453 numbers? 
>-> The modem on a relatives system now keeps reporting NO DIAL TONE, 
>-> and it also stops locks up the line when plugged in in conjuction 
>-> with  teh fax/phone. The computer has to be switched off  or  the 
>-> phone  lead  removoved from the PC to get the line back.  The  NO 
>-> DIAL TONE can be gotten round by unplugging and replugging in the 
>-> phone lead into the internal modem. Its a DYNALINK 28K modem.
>
>Sounds like the modem is dying. Check a phone in the socket the modem's
>plugged in to. Entering ATH1 and ATH0 should respectively pick up and
>release the line. If this fails then it looks like the line switching
>in the modem is at fault.
>
>rgds
>LAurence
>
Well, 01684 (Tewkesbury) is working like a champ, certainly.

And if you wanted my take on whether an entire BT area code could go out
without anyone noticing, or whether maybe it's just your relative's rig
at fault, I guess that would be hard to say.... :-)

But there *could* be a fault on the line....

Tried another modem?

Tried the offending modem on another phone line?

Asked BT to check the offending line?

And phone/fax.. hmmm... plus modem.... hmmm.... any other extension
phones around the house?

You wouldn't be exceeding REN 4 by any chance? Unplug 'em and see.....

HTH
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