Phone line static and beeping

[ntsf]

My phone service was activated today (@ the central office) and there is a lot of constant static on the line, and a faint, consistently intermittent beeping... Who do I call? Phone company? Property owner?

I'm in an apartment BTW..

 

[minendo]

Phone company. By any chance do you have DSL also?

 

[ntsf]

no, why do you ask?

 

[MichaelD]

This is your first apartment, obviously. You need to call the phone company. It sounds like your line is crossed w/something else.

 

[ntsf]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
This is your first apartment, obviously. You need to call the phone company. It sounds like your line is crossed w/something else.

Yes, it is... Lived in one family dwellings all 21 years of my life...

 

[MichaelD]

Minendo has a good point. Possibly, the previous renters had DSL and the phone compnay is still providing a signal. DSL and voice travel over the same pair of wires. There's an Inline Filter (lowpass filter) that filters out the DSL signal and allows voice freqs to go thru.

That beeping you hear might be the DSL signal.

OR, maybe ytour line is just old/and/or crossed with someones' Fax line. Just call the phone co and scream

 

[N8Magic]

You won't hear a DSL signal, as it uses a higher frequency band than you can hear.

If you are hearing a faint beeping in the background, it sounds like your line is crossed with another. This can be for many reasons, including a wet cable outside, a cable that was improperly spliced, or even a staple through one of the riser wires in your apartment building.

Call your phone companies repair service, and they will take it from there.

 

[ntsf]

Thanks guys! I just can't understand how the previous renters lived with this!?!?!

 

[N8Magic]

Originally posted by: ntsf
Thanks guys! I just can't understand how the previous renters lived with this!?!?!

They may not have lived with it at all.

It's quite possible that you were assigned a new underground pair when you signed up for your phone service, especially if your unit was vacant for more than 30 days.

 

[ntsf]

Originally posted by: N8Magic

Originally posted by: ntsf
Thanks guys! I just can't understand how the previous renters lived with this!?!?!

They may not have lived with it at all.

It's quite possible that you were assigned a new underground pair when you signed up for your phone service, especially if your unit was vacant for more than 30 days.

How do you know so much about it? Work for the phone co?

 

[N8Magic]

Originally posted by: ntsf

Originally posted by: N8Magic

Originally posted by: ntsf
Thanks guys! I just can't understand how the previous renters lived with this!?!?!

They may not have lived with it at all.

It's quite possible that you were assigned a new underground pair when you signed up for your phone service, especially if your unit was vacant for more than 30 days.

How do you know so much about it? Work for the phone co?

Yup.

I used to be an outside tech as well (best job I ever had), but now i'm 2nd level support for ATM equipment.