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Disconnected phone keeps ringing

micknmace
micknmace Posts: 22 Forumite
in Phones & TV
BT disconnected our landline approx 18mths ago but over the past week it has started randomly ringing in. Have managed to press the answer button just a couple of times to hear a crackly nothingness or a dialing tone. It has happened about 4 times tonight, the last one was 1.45am. Does anybody have any idea why this has started happening?

Comments

  • banger9365
    banger9365 Posts: 1,702 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    unplug your phone and it will not ring again
    there or their,one day i might us the right one ,until then tuff

  • paulofessex
    paulofessex Posts: 1,728 Forumite
    I would email Sally Morgan and ask her who she thinks it may be (spooky)
  • micknmace
    micknmace Posts: 22 Forumite
    It's just done it again at gone 4 in the morning! I can't get to the socket as there's big bit of furniture in the way so I've done the next best thing & put the handset on silent.
  • spike7451
    spike7451 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    The phone would still be connected to a circuit as you have dial tone so if it's ringing it could be the is a short somewhere on the line or circuit.
    How many times does it ring for before it cuts out?..
  • micknmace
    micknmace Posts: 22 Forumite
    It really does vary, sometimes it's just a couple of times but sometimes loads. Do you think I should contact BT about it?
    Thanks for answering by the way.
  • Buzby
    Buzby Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    As you are not a customer I doubt it would be a priority for them to fix it.
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Move furniture. Unplug phone.
    Job done.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
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