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kazzie60
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12 months ago
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Old bt box

Hi, phoned VM about an old bt box and if it was needed as we are renovating our hallway.  I was told it was redundant so disconnected it.  Now I can receive calls on my landline but unable to call out.  This box has been in the hallway since we moved in 38 years ago! Please advise

  • Hi kazzie60, 

    Thank you for reaching out to us in our community and welcome, sorry to hear you cannot receive calls since removing the old BT socket, how is your phone connected, is this Via the old wall socket or the Router?

    Regards

    Paul.

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      kazzie60
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      Thank you for your quick response.  The BT box is a small connection box which goes out to the telephone pole outside the house. I had a lead through that connects to the back of the router

      Regards

      Karen

      • Paul_DN's avatar
        Paul_DN
        Forum Team

        Hi Karen,

        Thank you, sounds like may have p been connecting your phone Via the socket, have you tried the Phone in the other socket on the Adaptor plugged into the Router?

        Regards

        Paul.

  • Tudor's avatar
    Tudor
    Very Insightful Person

    1) Do you have a VM landline phone? Because VM do not use any old BT wiring.

    2) If the box was in use and then you removed it this would cause landline calls not not work totally, both incoming and outgoing.

    • kazzie60's avatar
      kazzie60
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      Thank you Tudor, Must have been a coincidence!

      Regards

      • Paul_DN's avatar
        Paul_DN
        Forum Team

        Hi kazzie60,

        Thank you for coming back to us, is your landline now working or do you still need further support with this?

        Regards

        Paul.