Hi,
I took the earthquake last week as a wake up call to up my emergency preparedness game.
I never bothered to hook up a landline when we started Gigabit Fiber last March. Today I plugged my old 1980s ATT Trimline, a phone that does not require battery. It took me a little while to figure out that it needed to be plugged into the ONT, not the PACE modem. OK, It rings and can receive calls and the handset works.
However, when I try to dial, it doesn't work. I can hear a dialtone, but when I try to dial 1-415-321-1234, the key presses don't register like a normal phone.
What do you think, should I try another phone, or is there some magic incantation that I am missing to make a call?
I took the earthquake last week as a wake up call to up my emergency preparedness game.
I never bothered to hook up a landline when we started Gigabit Fiber last March. Today I plugged my old 1980s ATT Trimline, a phone that does not require battery. It took me a little while to figure out that it needed to be plugged into the ONT, not the PACE modem. OK, It rings and can receive calls and the handset works.
However, when I try to dial, it doesn't work. I can hear a dialtone, but when I try to dial 1-415-321-1234, the key presses don't register like a normal phone.
What do you think, should I try another phone, or is there some magic incantation that I am missing to make a call?