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Landline Phone not Working

Sky TV, Sky Q box and superfast35 broadband installed and activated today. Everything working fine except the landline phone. It's cordless and plugged into the phone connection on the back of the hub so it's an internet phone, or would be if it worked. There is no dialling tone though the 3  cordless phones all powered up. Can't make any calls or receive any. Have tried using my mobile to call them but they don't ring. Have been through the help guides but nothing worked. I should add that I retained my landline telephone number from my previous supplier Virgin. I was wondering if the transfer from Virgin to Sky has worked properly or other issues. Any help w.elcome please.


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@Mr+Flibbles+86 

 

Success I have managed to get my phone to work!!

 

During my research I came across advice from BT which said when connecting your cordless phone for internet calls you must use the existing phone cable. I have been using an identical cable (bought recently on the advice of a Community member) but still was not able to make or receive calls so this morning tried the original phone cable and Hey Presto it worked!

 

I understand The Sky Retrievals Team are currently working on my case so I hope they will see this posting as problem solved and cease their investigations.

 

I would have thought one cable was much like another but seemingly not?

 

Thank you to all those Community members and others who have tried to help me over the past couple of weeks.

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@GyFU wrote:

 

It's cordless and plugged into the phone connection on the back of the hub so it's an internet phone, or would be if it worked. 

Are you using a standard phone- the same as you would plug into the wall socket? An Internet phone won't work with Sky VOIP.

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@Mark39 

Thanks Mark.

According to the Sky guide a standard cordless phone will work with VOIP. However, it got me thinking so I connected my phone back to the Virgin connection and it's still working there. Then it dawned on me that my current Virgin contract finishes on 8 March so they are using the telephone line for my use until then. From the 9th March it will be available to Sky and I should then be able to make VOIP calls using my existing cordless phones. We shall see.

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@GyFU I'd say you're right. If you come across problems after the 8th, let us know and we'll get you some,help, if needed.

GyFU
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@Mark39 Thanks Mark.

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@Mark39 

All my Virgin services including my landline phone were due to be disconnected yesterday 8 March. This morning at 7am I tried to use the Virgin connected phone and it still worked! I then plugged the phone line into the connection in the Sky hub and nothing - can't make or receive calls. I'm loathe to call Virgin to find out what's happening as it's usually an hour's wait to get through to speak to someone.

 

As I retained my landline telephone number, presumably Virgin and Sky would have liaised over the transfer and if so something seems to have gone wrong? Broadband and TV working fine.

 

I would welcome any help to get my phone up and running, please.

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@GyFUWhen was your services with Sky supposed to have been activated on and which type of router did Sky send you from the link below.

https://www.sky.com/help/diagnostics/sky-broadband-diagnostic/which-sky-hub-do-you-have-no 

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Hi there, I will escalate this to our community chat for you. Please look out for an email or chat bubble. We look forward to speaking to you

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@GyFU I've just seen your post, as has Sky! They'll be able to guide you during the online chat,they'll be inviting you to join later today.

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@Mr+Flibbles+86 

 

Thank you for your prompt reply.

Unfortunately I will not be able to chat until after 6pm today so perhaps you will email me please. If necessary I can chat tomorrow?

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@GyFU wrote:

@Mr+Flibbles+86 

 

Thank you for your prompt reply.

Unfortunately I will not be able to chat until after 6pm today so perhaps you will email me please. If necessary I can chat tomorrow?


@GyFU 

Sky don't use email for this.

Look out for an email and also a blue/red speech bubble on the bottom of your forum page. Once that speech bubble appears you only have 48 hours to instigate the private chat or it will close automatically so don’t miss this opportunity. Please make sure that your email/private message notifications are switched to ‘on’ to avoid missing the alerts. Replies on the chat are not instant so keep checking the forum.

This link explains how the Chat process works
https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Did-you-know/Escalating-a-post-to-a-Sky-expert/ba-p/3711147#M1014 


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@GyFU the chat stays open for,48 hours, as @Daniel0210 posted, so if you log in to the forum this,evening, the 'bubble' should still be there for you to respond to.

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@Mark 39

@Mr+Flibbles+86  Daniel0210

 

I chatted with the Sky techie and he suggested I call the order recovery team who have direct contact with OpenReach. Tried them this morning but couldn't get any answer. Perhaps they don't work weekends? I also reconnected my phone line to the existing Virgin connection and can still make and receive calls - but not when it's connected to the Sky broadband hub.

 

It's disappointing that I have a contract with Sky to provide me with a "landline" phone which they are not fulfilling. My contract started on 3 March but still no phone. And it seems I have to continue to chase around the various departments to find someone who can activate my line - what's happened to customer service!

 

Nevertheless, I'll try again contacting the order recovery team on Monday unless in the meantime someone knows how to move things on more quickly?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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@GyFU wrote:

 

Nevertheless, I'll try again contacting the order recovery team on Monday unless in the meantime someone knows how to move things on more quickly?

 

 


Unfortunately, no. The Order Recovery team are best placed to help, but aren't contactable via the forum's escalation route.

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@Mark39 

 

Thanks Mark I'll try again on Monday.

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