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Issue with virgin landline

DCFC79
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I cant make or receive any calls on the landline, it was fine tuesday as i had a call, anyone got any ideas as to what i could try

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  • Pikeyp
    Pikeyp Posts: 494 Forumite
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    Have you got a second phone you could try? .. ot take your current phone to a friendly neighbor to try it on a different line?

    I was having a problem with two cordless phones recently which both packed up at the same time. An engineer reckoned a mains spike may have knocked them both out.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    Pikeyp wrote: »
    Have you got a second phone you could try? .. ot take your current phone to a friendly neighbor to try it on a different line?

    I was having a problem with two cordless phones recently which both packed up at the same time. An engineer reckoned a mains spike may have knocked them both out.

    ive just spent a few mins pulling out the phone line plugs and calling my mobile using the main 1 and it works, ill try another phone in the socket tomorrow
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