Troubleshooting when the Phone Rings but No One is There
Check for the following:
- Have you activated call forwarding service? If you subscribe to Call Forwarding and have it activated, your calls may be going directly to your forwarding number.
- This could be a misdirected call. A computer or fax machine could be programmed incorrectly to call your telephone number. You could answer a ringing phone and get no one on the line, a fax tone, or a computer tone.
- If you discontinue one phone call by depressing your switch hook and then hang up the phone, the telephone company equipment (switch) may ring you back automatically. The switch interprets the switch hook flash as a request to make a 3-way conference call and rings your phone and an indication that you can add another party to your call.
- Telemarketers may be calling you with an auto-dialer. There is often a delay between the time you answer and their equipment signals the telemarketer you have answered your phone.