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Article #1280Re: Bristih Phone Lines Glos. July/Aug ?
From: Laurence Taylor
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00
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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
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