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Originally Posted by BOB FROM N.O.
Hi Melodyl
I had a job fixing teletypes that used the telephone lines. That was before computers so everything was simple.
The telephone company uses 50 volts DC all the time and they use 120 volts AC when a call comes in.
When you remove the handset from the base you go (off hook) . The telephone company sends a dial tone.
If you have the wires in hand , believe me it can bite.
Now with so many computer gadgets on the line it would be almost impossible for me to come up with a suggestion, except to advise you to pay the 90 dollars.
BOB FROM N.O.
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Hi Bob:
I am certainly NOT paying $90 to any phone company, especially WHEN MY KITCHEN PHONE NOW WORKS JUST FINE. As I said, I found an OLD Conair phone (with no Caller id feature), just a regular landline phone. I slipped it on the kitchen wall, right over the filter. I plugged it in. It's been working ever since. Now why wouldn't the other phones work.(Especially when they worked for years). All of a sudden, none of my Caller ID phones would work in the kitchen), they work everyplace else but not in the kitchen.
So I now have a regular non-caller ID phone in my kitchen, and in the other rooms, I have two Caller ID phones. Everything works fine.
I will never understand this.
And thanks for he info on the wires. It's good info to keep in mind.
Melody