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Land Line Constantly Engagaed

HiMy phone line packed up mid call. After about 1hr 15mins to another talktalk phone number the line went dead, so ended up hanging up.Tried to ring back to same number but now just get and engaged tone.Used the mobile phone to ring the same number o...

Intermittent broadband and landline issues

Camberley area. Landline dead or alarm sounding rather than a dial tone when you pick up the receiver. Receiving multiple calls where the caller I'd just says "call" generally stops after three rings but constantly over last 48 hours throughout the n...

Can't send or receive calls - many residents affected

Last week my landline and many others within the village of Wootton Wawen found that they could not send or receive calls on their landline and we have subsequently been told that Openreach will not repair this until 20th February 2026.Many of the lo...

Land Line

Hi My No. shows "unknown" when calling out which was due to my work however I am now retired and it is somehow causing problems so need to get it back to a normal call out but just cant get hold of anyone! I am getting REALLY fed up!! Do I just stop ...

Lyn1234 by First Timer
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Ongoing problem with my landline.

I spoke to your team yesterday about an ongoing fault with my landline, where I cannot make or receive calls on my copper landline. The chat culminated in your team telling me that you had checked and I would be getting a call from your Complaints Ma...

Redeel by Popular Poster
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Unable to use my Copper Landline

I have had a Full Fibre 150 with VOiP contract since December 2023. It was not until September 2025 that, after over 32 hours of contact with numerous TalkTalk agents, I was informed that VOiP was unavailable in my geographical area. In the last 12 m...

Redeel by Popular Poster
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**()**&(()!!!!!!

That is swearing by the way. Turns out the Grandstream is locked to the TalkTalk router!!!!!! So failed telephone port on my Hub 3, a now totally failed router (Hub 3) and now because the Grandstream is TalkTalk locked to it's own router as well, it ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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No dial tone for landline so cannot make or receive calls

I have had no dialling tone on my landline from Sunday 30 November.I have done everything suggested online.I have unplugged everything and plugged back in.I have disconnected other phones.I have tried using just one cordless phone.I have tried using ...

leramnep by Conversation Starter
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Landline again failed

Again the telephone has no outgoing voice. Same as happened with the Grandstream. This time, plugged in to HUB3, rebooted everything and still no outgoing voice, though you can dial out. BT Dect phone only 14 months old. Any ideals? And yes I have ta...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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International calling to South Africa MTN mobile numbers

Hi, I am having a issue specifically when trying to call any number on the MTN network in South Africa, I have the international calls boost and calls to other South African numbers work ok. Is there a known issue with this? It used to call through o...

agm2502 by Chatterbox
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LANDLINE

WHEN I TRY TO MAKE A CALL ALL I GET IS AN ENGAGED SIGNAL ON ALL THE PHONES IN THE HOUSE.THEY SAY IT IS IN PROGRESS OF BEING CHECKED BUT IT WAS REPORTED AT 15.59 hrs AND IT IS NOW 21.20hrs ." TRACK MY FAULT " SAYS AN UPDATE IN 5 MINUTES BUT NOTHING AP...

Limler6 by First Timer
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Landline dialout

Landline will receive calls, but I cannot dial out. BT say no problems - I was expecting it to be residual after this week's BT / EE issues. Neighbour alerted me to the problem, but his landline now works but mine dials out then either static or numb...

Can't make outgoing call on landline

Hi there, I have just noticed as of today (Wed 23rd July 2025) that I'm unable to make outgoing calls on my landline. I receive an automated message stating the following "You have been automatically put through to TalkTalk to reactivate this phone n...

Dugg25 by First Timer
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can call a Three mobile number but they can not call me

Hi i see someone else has also reported that they can call a THREE mobile network number and it works but when the THREE mobile number calls talktalk landline it does not work I have just joined from VM The other persons post it here https://communit...

hosays299 by Conversation Starter
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Landline Tel No not working - has been changed?

My land line is used by medical professionals etc to call in. In the last few days, two have said that the phone had not been no answered, when I was in all the time. I have now checked and if I call the home landline from my mobile it doesn't ring B...

KPB26 by Popular Poster
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Phone line down

Phone line down for past 2 days, broadband is fine. How do I test the line or get this sorted?

Niki67 by First Timer
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Landline not working but broadband is fine.

As above. I rarely use the landline so don’t know when it started but noticed it yesterday. I replaced the phone today but still the same problem. There’s no dial tone and my new handset shows “line in use” if I try to dial ( the old one wasn’t so so...

Stephen_P by Popular Poster
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Land line

Can someone please explain why during a power cut I could not contact the energy company on my land line. I had what sounded like a dialling tone but it would not connect at all.

miner49 by Chatterbox
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Losing the will to live!!

Not using the eero as it is not capable for my complex setup. Using Linksys 8500 with Grandstream voip as supplied by TalkTalk. Has been working fine until today when the blue telephone light started to slow flash. Checked there are no messages. Rest...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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