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Landline Phone Features

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Using a rotary dial phone

I own a rotary dial phone from the 1940s that works perfectly. I'd like to use it as my landline phone, however, I've read that rotary dial phone will NOT ring when an INCOMING call is received. Can someone confirm if this is true? If it is, what's the point of paying for service that is only good f

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Is there a certain number of rings before voicemail picks up?

I set up my voice mailbox and pin. But voicemail does not seem to be picking up when called? Is there a certain number of rings before voicemail picks up? How can you set up number of rings??

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Charity needing in bound lines

How or who do I contact at AT&T within ARizona for obtaining 10 inbound lines only for our charity. A name or email would be greatly appreciated.

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Extra 1 appearing before the 1 + area code on INCOMING caller ID display

Hello, my business recently upgraded to U-Verse fiber for internet and business landline phone. After the upgrade, my incoming land line caller ID displays an EXTRA number 1 before the regular 1 + area code. We're using AT&T Small Business System model 984 phones. We use all 4 available l

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How do I stop my phone from screening calls?

We unplugged the phone for a couple of hours. When we plugged it back in, it started screening call - requiring callers to give their names and us to “press 1” to accept calls.

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home phone 5g

Still waiting on a box from when they stopped 3g for my home phone. there are a few times that I have to have home phone as when power is out for long time; phone needs charge when power off too long; and once in a great while tower service is down. Local stores don't carry box needed.

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Can I port my ATT land line phone number to a cellphone

Can I port my land line wired home phone number to a cellphone? I have had the phone number for a long time and want to keep my old phone number.

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termination our land line service

Team, i need to terminate the land line to my house. what procedures are there for this?

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Is phone urgency still relevant?

In today's world of mobile devices, is the sound of a ringing phone still as urgent as it was when a single landline was the norm in most homes? What are the reasons for this change, if any?

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Trying to activate the "Call Protect" feature

I'm attempting to activate the "Call Protect" feature to put a stop to the frequent spam calls from "unavailable caller". However, when I try to activate the feature on the designated page, I encounter a purple error message that reads "JSP Processing Failure, HTTP code 500". The page freezes as a r

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