Odd dial tone

A colleague's BT broadband line has recently acquired a strange dial tone
which I'm not sure about - it's not a 1571-type "you have a message" thing,
although it is two-tone.

Any ideas of obvious things I might be able to try? I've checked at it
appears that there are filters on all the faceplates, and the connection
seems stable, albeit a little slow (he's out in the countryside, so no
surprise there).

Many thanks

Thanks for the suggestion, although it's not a call diversion - the sound of
the dial tone isn't broken, rather two-toned.

I'll check again, though!

Cheers

"Jono" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> news.eternal-september.org formulated on Tuesday :
>> A colleague's BT broadband line has recently acquired a strange dial tone
>> which I'm not sure about - it's not a 1571-type "you have a message"
>> thing, although it is two-tone.
>>
>> Any ideas of obvious things I might be able to try? I've checked at it
>> appears that there are filters on all the faceplates, and the connection
>> seems stable, albeit a little slow (he's out in the countryside, so no
>> surprise there).
>>
>> Many thanks
>
> An active call diversion produces the broken dial tone (broken as in
> gaps), as does a message waiting.
>
>

"news.eternal-september.org" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:i8kjo1$rsr$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for the suggestion, although it's not a call diversion - the sound
> of the dial tone isn't broken, rather two-toned.
>
> I'll check again, though!
>
> Cheers
>
> "Jono" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
>> news.eternal-september.org formulated on Tuesday :
>>> A colleague's BT broadband line has recently acquired a strange dial
>>> tone which I'm not sure about - it's not a 1571-type "you have a
>>> message" thing, although it is two-tone.
>>>
>>> Any ideas of obvious things I might be able to try? I've checked at it
>>> appears that there are filters on all the faceplates, and the connection
>>> seems stable, albeit a little slow (he's out in the countryside, so no
>>> surprise there).
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>
>> An active call diversion produces the broken dial tone (broken as in
>> gaps), as does a message waiting.

Sounds like you mean this one: http://www.tones.plus.com/sounds/olo/T3.wav
which is used on System Y exchanges to show call diversion is active and
also 1571 messages waiting i think

Paul

That's the one!


> Sounds like you mean this one: http://www.tones.plus.com/sounds/olo/T3.wav
> which is used on System Y exchanges to show call diversion is active and
> also 1571 messages waiting i think
>
> Paul