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Landline Phone Troubleshooting

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Landlines Going Away

AT&T, along with other providers of landline phones, will be actively phasing out their landline services soon in response to the FCC Landline Shutdown Order 19-72. U.S. service providers will be required to offer customers an alternative to landlines and use devices to convert analog signals to

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Landline still doesn’t work after 36 hours

The line has been out since Wenesday around 2pm. Report said it would be fix by 9am today ( Thursday) It is now almost 11.30pm Thursday night and the line still doesn’t work. Phone # (Edited as per community guidelines). Please help

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Remove (or move) old BellSouth Pedestal

There is an old BellSouth phone (POTTs and DSL) on my property line. I’m not sure if any circuits are even active.  I want to remove it, or if there are active circuits to my neighbors, move it into the 5’ easement so I can install a fence.  Can someone suggest where to start or who to ca

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Catch-22 when trying to create user id for landline account

I need to set up an online account to report that my landline isn't working, but the system uses your landline to send you the verification code to create your account. So I need a landline to report that my landline isn't working. Is there any other way to get a verification code?

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AT&T traditional Land Line phones

We have not had AT&T landline service since December 11 and today is December 18; and there is no cell phone here so I am relegated to communicating with AT&T via their Facebook Page, emails, and Twitter ("X") and I keep getting one promise after another that the service will be back on such

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AT&T does not want to support conventional landlines and lies to their customers

I have invested over 7 hours with AT&T, in getting an 88 year old a conventional landline before Christmas!! It all started when we were forced to put our 88 year old into assisted living. I thought it would be easy to transfer her current service (Local landline) to her new home.   On the

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No dial tone

My land line has no dial tone. When I call customer support the automatron says I have another carrier I have to call and hangs up oN me. I receive a bill from at&t every month for my land line and local calls and when I ask for a live agent thru the automatron it ignores me and keeps saying con

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Unlock Cisco 8861 Phones

I have 4 phones purchased that came from a lawyers office in Dallas, Tx. I need to have these phones unlocked from your service so I am able to utilize them here on a different carrier. How do I do that and will you PLEASE assist in getting this completed? Thank you.

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Emmanuel Katto Uganda | How to reduce the spam calls?

Hello people, my name is Emmanuel Katto and I'm from Uganda. I am using AT&T Landline Home Phone Services and these days getting so many spam calls, can anyone guide me how to reduce the spam calls?

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Active Easements

I have two AT&T easements from the 1970s on property in Kentucky. One expired in 2022 and the other expires in 2024. I want to know if the easements are still used, and if they are, who should I contact about renewing? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

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Voice Mail not Working on Landline

I still have a landline for business purposes. I have a dialtone and can talk to people on the line.  But if I do not answer, it will not go to voicemail.  All I get is "We're sorry we cannot complete your call as dialed please check the number and try again".  I called At&t supp

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