New landline phone

[Kath]

My land line phone buggered. Every time I tried to dial out, I get a busy signal. So I've had enough, the phone is over 12 years old, it's time to move on.

I will have to make a note of all the numbers in there, but it will be done.

This is the one I will be going with now.

 

[dvernb]

Have you called the phone company or tried a different phone?

I'm thinking the phone itself may not be the problem.

 

[Gregorius]

18 hours ago, dvernb said:

Have you called the phone company or tried a different phone?

I'm thinking the phone itself may not be the problem.

 

That's what I think, too. It is more likely a fault in the telephone exchange on the road near the house. In that case, the phone company should be able to fix the problem.

[Kath]

Sorry guys, that's not the case.

With the new phone...for the first time in many weeks I've been able to dial out from my downstairs phone.  It started a few months ago, dialing out seemed to be a problem in the phone downstairs, but upstairs I could dial out OK.

Well the new phone has fixed it.  It's not always the fault of the phone line.  I knew this because I could dial out on the upstairs one.

Equipment just fails sometimes, I had to retire my printer this year, it was obsolete - no updates So had to buy a new one.

Things are not made to last these days

[dvernb]

Just didn't want to see you waste your money.

Glad you got it fixed. Good for you! 

 

[Gregorius]

Unfortunately, planned obsolescence is the new mantra for electronic products. 
Printers in particular can only be repaired at manufacturers' authorized workshops. In fact, the repair is successful only after a recalibration operation. This can only be done through software that manufacturers make available only to their authorized repair services. This involves a much higher cost for the customer.

[dvernb]

2 hours ago, Gregorius said:

Unfortunately, planned obsolescence is the new mantra for electronic products. 
Printers in particular can only be repaired at manufacturers' authorized workshops. In fact, the repair is successful only after a recalibration operation. This can only be done through software that manufacturers make available only to their authorized repair services. This involves a much higher cost for the customer.

I had an Epson Printer once that suddenly started giving an error code. On investigation I learned the code definition was "waste ink container full".

I also learned that it could only be repaired by Epson & that it was cheaper to buy another printer. I also read several other horror stories about Epson printers.

It is the reason that I will never ever again own another Epson printer!

 

[Kath]

I'm just waiting for the next thing to go belly up.  First it was my printer, no software update, and will no longer work, so dump it and buy a new one.  Then the freezer started to do what the name suggests and FREEZE everything into glacial mess.  So, hence the new fridge freezer.  Now it's the turn of the land line phone. 

The new phone I love.  At last I can call out from my kitchen table again... sigh.

[Kath]

Thanks guys for your advice earlier.  It could have helped, but I knew the equipment was the culprit all along.

[dvernb]

Lol. Not many people got land lines anymore!

 

[Kath]

On 2/3/2022 at 11:25 PM, dvernb said:

Just didn't want to see you waste your money.

Glad you got it fixed. Good for you! 

 

I don't want to waste money either, thanks for the check out the phone line tip DV & Gregorius.

Now everything is working fine.  I have a land line for my internet & my phone, I have no intention of getting rid of it, moving to fiber is not in my to do list.

[Kath]

When there's a power cut, I can still plug in an old analogue phone and get help.  It doesn't need power to work, just a telephone line .  Can your fancy fancy digital devices do that?  I'll wait for a confirmation.......  Well, I think that's a no then.

My phone line has never gone down in my lifetime, I lived here most of my life since I was 12 y/o or so, now I'm 73 ... I'll keep my landline thank you

[Gregorius]

On 2/5/2022 at 11:27 PM, Kath said:

I don't want to waste money either, thanks for the check out the phone line tip DV & Gregorius.

Now everything is working fine.  I have a land line for my internet & my phone, I have no intention of getting rid of it, moving to fiber is not in my to do list.

A fiber optic line also enables land line phone, at an additional cost of 10-20% more than the cost of the internet line. You don't have to change your phone number, because you will keep your old number.
The only difference is that the new phone is connected to the modem and works like a VOIP. Obviously, the modem must never be turned off if you want the phone line to remain active.
Unlike the old telephones that use copper cables and work even in the absence of electricity, the modem and therefore also the phone connected to it will not work in the absence of electricity. However, the absence of electricity is an extremely unlikely event, in fact more unique than rare.

[Kath]

I guess some people would disagree that losing power is rare.  It is for me, but for some, especially in the US, it's quite a regular occurrence.

I like the security that I can plug in my old analogue phone and contact someone if my power ever goes down.