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Posted by Brooklin on January 30, 2007, 9:41 pm
We are hearing intermittent clicking on a couple of phones in the
house. The phones are cordless and it has been going on for about a
week. A corded phone on the main floor is okay. It's happening on two
different cordless phone sets (and brands).
I took a couple phones to the basement to the Bell box (NID?) and a
corded phone seemed okay. . The cordless phone still clicked connected
directly to the Bell box.
I'm afraid when I call the phone company for service the repairman
will hook up his phone and say it's okay and that it's my problem with
cordless phones.
Any ideas. Thanks in advance.
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Posted by Eigenvector on January 30, 2007, 9:54 pm
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> We are hearing intermittent clicking on a couple of phones in the
> house. The phones are cordless and it has been going on for about a
> week. A corded phone on the main floor is okay. It's happening on two
> different cordless phone sets (and brands).
> I took a couple phones to the basement to the Bell box (NID?) and a
> corded phone seemed okay. . The cordless phone still clicked connected
> directly to the Bell box.
> I'm afraid when I call the phone company for service the repairman
> will hook up his phone and say it's okay and that it's my problem with
> cordless phones.
> Any ideas. Thanks in advance.
It is the cordless phones.
The reception is probably not up to snuff or there is noise on the line from
either a DSL connection or electrical interference from an adjacent house.
DSL connections are notoriously noisy on cordless phones.
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Posted by Pop` on January 31, 2007, 5:21 pm
Eigenvector wrote:
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>> We are hearing intermittent clicking on a couple of phones in the
>> house. The phones are cordless and it has been going on for about a
>> week. A corded phone on the main floor is okay. It's happening on
>> two different cordless phone sets (and brands).
>> I took a couple phones to the basement to the Bell box (NID?) and a
>> corded phone seemed okay. . The cordless phone still clicked
>> connected directly to the Bell box.
>> I'm afraid when I call the phone company for service the repairman
>> will hook up his phone and say it's okay and that it's my problem
>> with cordless phones.
>> Any ideas. Thanks in advance.
> It is the cordless phones.
Not necessarily; could be something rediating, even an electric fence. What
it' s clearly not though is a telco problem. No need to call the telco.
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> The reception is probably not up to snuff or there is noise on the
> line from either a DSL connection or electrical interference from an
> adjacent house.
DSL connectsion don't tick. Electrical interference doesn't have to come
from an adjacent house.
Shotgun approaches aren't worth much in general.
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> DSL connections are notoriously noisy on cordless phones.
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Posted by Noozer on January 31, 2007, 6:39 pm
> Eigenvector wrote:
>>> We are hearing intermittent clicking on a couple of phones in the
>>> house. The phones are cordless and it has been going on for about a
>>> week. A corded phone on the main floor is okay. It's happening on
>>> two different cordless phone sets (and brands).
What speed is the clicking?
Wireless networking will affect 2.4 and/or 5.6 Ghz cordless phones.
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Posted by lee houston on January 30, 2007, 10:01 pm
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> I took a couple phones to the basement to the Bell box (NID?) and a
> corded phone seemed okay. . The cordless phone still clicked connected
> directly to the Bell box.
> I'm afraid when I call the phone company for service the repairman
> will hook up his phone and say it's okay and that it's my problem with
> cordless phones.
> Any ideas. Thanks in advance.
Well, surprise, surprise. Of course 'bell' will say it's your problem
with the cordless, because it IS your problem. Their *wired*
service to you seems to be fine. You are introducing a radio
link which is subject to RFI (radio frequency interference).
Any of many RFI sources could be interfering- garage door openers,
wireless modems, other cordless phones, ham operators, X10
remote devices, etc, etc.
Why in the world are you having the phone co check this?
seems to me to be a no brainer that it's not their fault. You've
already shown this with a corded phone.
lee
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> house. The phones are cordless and it has been going on for about a
> week. A corded phone on the main floor is okay. It's happening on two
> different cordless phone sets (and brands).
> I took a couple phones to the basement to the Bell box (NID?) and a
> corded phone seemed okay. . The cordless phone still clicked connected
> directly to the Bell box.
> I'm afraid when I call the phone company for service the repairman
> will hook up his phone and say it's okay and that it's my problem with
> cordless phones.
> Any ideas. Thanks in advance.