Don Vandervort, Head Homeboy, has written more than 30 DIY home improvement books, been a segment host on HGTV, served as MSN.com's home improvement expert and written countless magazine articles.
Phone Rings But One Party Can't be Heard If your phone rings and seems to work but one party cannot be heard by the other, the problem is often the result of a defective handset cord...
Telephone Jack/Outlet is Dead If no telephone will work when plugged into a certain phone receptacle--but the phones work in other receptacles on the same line--assume that either the modular phone receptacle is bad or the wires that connect it to the rest of the system have become loose or severed...
Telephones are Dead If one (or more) of your phones does not work, check all other phones on the same line to see whether any of them work and to isolate the location of the problem...