[PLUG-TALK] Telephone Test Set

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Fri Jun 4 03:42:55 UTC 2010


On Thu, 3 Jun 2010, Richard C. Steffens wrote:

> This does not usually require a test handset, but just an ordinary
> telephone.  I keep a Western Electric 2500 set on hand for just such
> purposes -- plain old desk style telephone with no whistles, although it
> does have a bell.

Dick,

   I don't have a spare telephone available.

> When you open the network interface box on the outside of the house you
> should see an RJ-11 plug connected to an RJ-11 jack. Disconnect the plug,
> which is the house side of your wiring, and plug in your phone. If you
> have dial tone, than the problem is in the house. If not, the problem is
> in the street.

   That's where I'm going to test. The house is vintage 1983, but the network
interface box was upgraded when the DSL was installed.

   Any old thing that will let me hear a dial tone out there will work. I
thought a test set would be most efficient.

Thanks,

Rich



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