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NZRobin

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#33278 5-May-2009 21:46
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Ever since I got cabinetised I've had problems with my phone but I can't decide which side of the demarc point it is. I'm hoping someone can help.

At the phone jack I can ring out but it wont ring in (some one rings me but the phone doesn't ring). Normally it goes to some sort of Telecom divert. Sometimes it wont ring and neither can I ring out. Some times if I ring out I have to unplug from the phone jack and replug it again to ring out again. Sometimes I'll ring out and hang up, go to ring another number and the line is still open to the previous call.
If I take the phone and plug it in the home hub test point then I can ring out AND it will ring in, but not always. I don't understand how on a two wire system it can ring out but wont ring in.
It doesn't seem to matter if the home-hub is plugged in or not.The only other info I can provide is that the voltage to the phone jack is about 50volts.

This is a description of my wiring.
I have the loose twisted pair coming into the roof. In there I have cat5 cable with one pair fed from a Telecom approved filter and one pair feeding the Orcon home hub thru a bt phone jack. Outside the home-hub jack the filtered cat5 twisted pair for the phone changes to a pair of the standard Telecom type 4strand cable with a couple of jell filled crimp connectors then on to the BT jack point by the phone.

I've tried to give as accurate picture as I can. Anyone any ideas !

Appreciate your help





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Ragnor
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  #212705 5-May-2009 22:33
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The amount of people having problems on Orcon+ after their area has been cabineted seems to be very high. If you ring the helpdesk and talk to them chances are they will offer to change you off Orcon+ and it will resolve the problem.



NZRobin

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  #212722 5-May-2009 23:10
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Yeah, already been dropped off adsl2+ because of the cabinetisation, but still having problems. The only upside is that now I'm paying for wiring maintenance, so if its the wiring I should be ok. I've been loath to get them to send a techie up till now in case I incurred a $200+ charge. I'm used to doing the wiring myself and really wanted to narrow the fault down before I called them but the wife is giving me the hard word. I'm really suspecting the filtered circuit. But don't know how to definitively test it because I'll plug the phone into the home-hub socket and the phone will work,ah-hah got it, it's the filtered circuit. Then I'll take it back to the phone socket and it'll start working there again as well. DOH!




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