...to cut your phones off (dead) without having to unplug every phone in your house? We're on Southwestern Bell or AT&T or whatever it is now (Texas), and I want to do something to just shut the phones off between night and morning. What can I do?
2006-10-29 07:18:25 · 7 answers · asked by groucho_smith 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Land Phones
I just dial*73 and all my calls go to my voice-mail without even ringing the phone! I don't know if you can use it...I think it comes from the provider!
2006-10-29 10:22:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Two suggestions:
1) Take one of the phones off the hook for more than 5 minutes and leave it off. The telephone company's equipment will detect this condition and may give callers indicating that there is trouble on your line (or it may roll all calls to voicemail if you have that service). This condition will resolve itself once you've put the phone back on the hook for 5 minutes or so.
2) Go outside to the network interface box and unplug your inside wiring from the box (normally has a small cable that looks exactly like the telephone cords and jack that are inside your house. Callers into you will not be able to know that you have a phone off the hook. It will ring the normal amount of times prior to rolling to voicemail. This condition requires that you go back to the network interface box and plug the inside wiring cord back in to resolve this condition.
2006-10-29 08:33:34 · answer #2 · answered by Linwood J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go outside to the network interface box and unplug your inside wiring from the box (normally has a small cable that looks exactly like the telephone cords and jack that are inside your house. Callers into you will not be able to know that you have a phone off the hook. It will ring the normal amount of times prior to rolling to voicemail. This condition requires that you go back to the network interface box and plug the inside wiring cord back in
2006-10-29 09:33:36 · answer #3 · answered by curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a few ways, depending on if you want all of the phones turned off or just one....do you plan to do this regularly?
The idea of using *72 (not *73) to farward incoming calls to another number could work, but you have to remember to turn it off.
If it's just one phone (like a bedroom phone) you want turned off, many phones have a ringer turn off switch. If not, you can either buy or get the 16-year-old from next door to build you a simple switch.
If if you want all of the phones turned off with a switch, that's going to take a bit of work from someone familiar with telephone wiring.
2006-10-30 11:45:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do u mean--just off for the night? You can just turn off the ringers or turn them down like we do but remember to turn them on in the morning. it's better if you have caller ID so you can see if an important call came in during the night. I live in TX too so you may have Verizon like me. Hope this helps.
2006-10-29 07:28:08 · answer #5 · answered by GYVETTE Z 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that the only thing u have to do is dial the number of your phone. it puts the phone on busy, not off, but still nobody can call.
2006-10-29 07:30:37 · answer #6 · answered by Jesus_Freak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep unhook it that's the best way . that way if anyone rings you
they just get a busy tone.
Have a great day and May God bless you
2006-10-29 13:17:07 · answer #7 · answered by jan d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋