What could be wrong with the phone lines...

@cream97 (29085)
United States
June 2, 2008 4:34pm CST
All of my three phones in my home have a dial tone.. But when I go to dial a number, there is silence on the other end.. I can't hear any ringing, like when you are waiting for the person to pick up there phone.. What could be wrong?????
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10 responses
• India
21 Jun 08
when you call any phone it is the network which gives the dial tone that means there is some problem in the dial tone network to phone please check it
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
21 Jun 08
i think there's something wrong with your connections. or it might be with the telephone company. why don't you try to call their attention so your phone will be back in normal.
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
3 Jun 08
Maybe there's something wrong with the number you're trying to dial? If not, then try unplugging your main phone then plugging it back in. If that doesn't work, email your phone company from their internet site and they'll put in a repair order. Be careful they don't charge you for it!
@ch88ss (2271)
• United States
3 Jun 08
I hope you find out soon. I don't use my home phone so I am not sure what could be wrong. Could it be a busy tone at the other end but the receiving end cannot recognize that? Sorry, maybe I don't even make sense. it is late at night.
@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
3 Jun 08
I'd be going to a neighbour's or somewhere to call the phone company and have them check it out. If you have tried dialing from several different phones in the house its most likely a problem with the phone company.
@jer31558 (3683)
• United States
12 Jun 08
Perhaps its the phone company that is having the problem and not just the phone lines.
@checapricorn (16060)
• United States
3 Jun 08
Maybe just the network? I always experience that cream and will give like 10 minutes and dial again!
@yogeshdhusa (2236)
• India
3 Jun 08
You can check these steps: 1 First call the same number from other phone - to check the the number you are calling is working. 2 if you phone work on battery chech the battery. 3 if you have speacker facility then try to call on speaker phone if you find the problem is not solved call the service provider for help :)
@nova1945 (1612)
• United States
3 Jun 08
Sounds like you need to call the phone company. I don't know which one you're with, but there should be a support line for them. I just had a phone technician out about an hour ago because we had horrible static on our lines. You couldn't even hear the person at the other end clearly enough to hold a conversation. It turned out that the dog had chewed through one of the wires leading to the box outside the house and weather (rain) had messed up the connection. He fixed it and now everything is fine. Good luck with your phone company.
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Jun 08
You need to go to a neighbors and borrow their phone and phone the phone comany and tell them what you just told us as you have a problem on your line somewhere 'and its up to the phone company to repair it.