Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richmond Newsgroups: uk.telecom Subject: Re: Analogue to Digital Voice issues Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 09:11:19 +0100 Organization: Frantic Message-ID: <82ecj5fahk.fsf@example.com> References: <10ul8vf$38ia$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="239186"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ak0OvP8cPfKMyk+Zvh3TazqHdzY= sha1:rWEkd5LpSIHlgQr8/6L7KhxFmqc= X-User-ID: eJwFwYkBgDAIA8CVjJAUxlGe/UfoHU1QHRflXG6h/03FNgsxsqoJ1KCdbybi+eh9zGwtkH0BLMMREw== Xref: csiph.com uk.telecom:39580 Jeff Layman writes: > got a dialling tone on the DECT handset. As I keyed a number, I heard > the tones when the keys were pressed; after a few seconds I heard an > engaged tone. When I tried again a few minutes later the same thing > happened, and again with a different number. I contacted the first > number with my mobile without problem, and was told the phone hadn't > been engaged. I then called my mobile from the DECT phone. I could > hear ringing tones on my DECT phone, but the mobile didn't ring. I hear an engaged tone at the end of calls, where the other person hangs up. In the days of analog phone I think there was silence, followed by a continuous tone.