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Author Message   Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 5942 Registered: 4-1998 Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 3:10 pm:        Got DSL line upgraded and am using business line as my data line. (Techs say you can have up to 5 devices on a line when using filters). Worked fine first week, then phone got funky. Stopped ringing first. Then I didn't have tone. Called Verizon and tone and ring came back. Today, no ring again. Can still access Verizon voicemail and dial out. Can fax out, too. (And I subscribe to the special tone for fax recognition.) All of this worked for over a week when first set up. Anyone have or had similar setup and/or trouble?   Brett Citizen Username: Bmalibashksa Post Number: 521 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 4:34 pm:        Not the exact same issue but close. I was using three filters on three phones. Weird things were going on so I pulled the three filters off and replace it with one filter in the beginning, then sent the three lines from there. (I kind of have a phone Hub but not really). Fixed the problem for a while, then it broke again. I changed the filter and they all started working. It’s been working for a while now. After that I found out that you don’t really need the filter. Your phones will work with out them but if you’re real quite you can here a click about every ½ second. So if you want to take a shot and pull the filters off and see if everything works, if it does you may just need better filters.   Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 5946 Registered: 4-1998 Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 4:59 pm:        Thanks. Tried all that. I think it's a line problem. I even unplugged everything and tried the phone by itself with and without filter. Nada. Verizon coming out again in the morning.   Tom Reingold the prissy-pants Citizen Username: Noglider Post Number: 1436 Registered: 1-2003 Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 9:59 pm:        Brett, I'm surprised you say you don't need filters. We ran out of filters and installed a new phone. That phone is unusable without a filter, and I've been meaning to get another one. Anyone got a spare? The noise from the unfiltered phone is unbearable, rendering the phone utterly useless. Tom Reingold There is nothing