Is there a simple way to test the ringtone of my landline phone ?

brianposter

One of the problems with the switchover to fibre seems to be that the BT DV adapter will not ring some phones.

Is there a simple way to test my phone in the absence of mobile coverage ?

kazwookie

Get a neighbour / friend etc to ring you

brianposter

Testing the phone is something that should come in the instructions for the DV adapter and I am not sure that "bother the neighbours" is particularly appropriate for such instructions..

400ixl

Why make it harder than it needs to be. Phone a friend and ask them to call you back.

Would have been done by now.

Enterprise_1701C

`There is a number you can call on the phone that initiates a call back, but it is so long since I used it that I have forgotten it.  Suggest you ask a BT engineer in passing, see if he/she is willing to tell you or, if nearby, willing to come in and do it for you (not really supposed to give it out).

flaneurs_lobster

Enterprise_1701C said:

`There is a number you can call on the phone that initiates a call back, but it is so long since I used it that I have forgotten it.  Suggest you ask a BT engineer in passing, see if he/she is willing to tell you or, if nearby, willing to come in and do it for you (not really supposed to give it out).

The number is 17070, option 1.

Just tried it on my DV phone, bit surprised that this still works - thought it would have died with ADSL/PSTN/whatever the TLA is.

EDIT : given your lack of mobile coverage, getting a mobile phone / SIM that supports Wi-fi calling might be helpful.

400ixl

17070 may still work

vacheron

Enterprise_1701C said:

`There is a number you can call on the phone that initiates a call back, but it is so long since I used it that I have forgotten it.  Suggest you ask a BT engineer in passing, see if he/she is willing to tell you or, if nearby, willing to come in and do it for you (not really supposed to give it out).

You used to be able to do this by dialing 174 and then hanging up when the tone changed, but this is now obsolete.

If your line is BT and you don't have caller ID disabled, you can dial 17070, and select the ring back option, then hang up.

brianposter

It works !  Strange that BT fault reporting apparently did not know that the facility exists.

flaneurs_lobster

brianposter said:

It works !  Strange that BT fault reporting apparently did not know that the facility exists.

There is a set of codes that are only passed to BT engineers once they are initiated into the Brotherhood. They do, of course, have to swear to keep the codes secret. 

The internet and Google have pretty much made all such secret stuff public knowledge. 

vacheron

brianposter said:

It works !  Strange that BT fault reporting apparently did not know that the facility exists.

Well, they aren't the MSE community! 

Glad you got it sorted.