Dead landline

[Rodent15]

Broadband works fine, but landline stone dead for a couple of weeks. Tried two different phones, no difference. If I call the number I get 1571 service, but no dial tone and no ringing from the phone. Troubleshooter diagnostics all say services are fine and there are no outages in my area.

If I call the 0333 number on my mobile, O2 will charge me 35p/minute.

The router is an old-ish ER115 with two internet ports but no socket to plug in a landline. I have tried changing the microfilter, but that doesn't make any difference.

Is there any way of getting this sorted without a ruinously expensive phone call? Thankyou.

[Mark39]

First try the simple connection test here, even though your broadband is working ok.

Let us know the result.

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/broadband-diagnostic-start

[Rodent15]

Hi Mark,

I have tried this, and it just says everything is good, broadband speed 75Mb/s. There's nothing about how to check the landline connection, as far as I can see. I tried the chatbot thing but that didn't go anywhere either.

[Mark39]

Hi @Rodent15 broadband and phone are delivered via the same cable, so sometimes both can be affected by a fault. 

Best report it to Sky.We can ask Sky's messaging team to contact you here so that you can report it tomorrow via a private online chat, if you wish?

[Rodent15]

Hi Mark,

Yes, please, thankyou.

[Daniel0210]

@Rodent15 
I’ve escalated your post to Sky and their Messaging Team should contact you later today.

If an external fault is found Sky will pass it to Openreach for further investigation. 

You need to watch out for a post from one of the team inviting you to a private chat and then you should see a blue/red speech bubble at the bottom of your forum page. You’ll have 48 hours to click on it and start the private chat or it will close automatically. If you fail to respond to a chat reply within 48 hours the chat will again close down automatically even if your issue hasn’t been resolved. Replies from Sky aren’t instant so you’ll need to check the chat thread fairly regularly.

This link explains what happens.
https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M1014

[Lisa-P1987]

Thanks for escalating this. We’ve sent Rodent15 an invite to chat.

[Rodent15 · Accepted solution]

So as expected a line fault outside my house that will need to be fixed by Openreach. It is ridiculous that Sky don't have a simple way of reporting a fault without having to post here and hope that somebody from the firm will respond. Why not a simple fault reporting tool?