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Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

PaulineBrown240 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:21:20 GMT

I switched over to Digital Voice today, ( 19/02/24) I am able to make out going calls, but unable to receive any incoming calls, from mobiles or landlines.

Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

Keith_Beddoe — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:22:46 GMT

@PaulineBrown240

I have moved your post to this new thread, so you can get personal help from the community or moderators, so please watch this thread for updates.

Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

archer3 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:38:04 GMT

@PaulineBrown240

Sounds like what happened to me, which is still not sorted out 2 weeks later. If you haven’t already, I’d suggest to report it to BT on 150 asap and be prepared to have to invest lots of time in trying to get it fixed and don’t be surprised if it takes weeks to resolve. Obviously, I don’t know if mine will ever be sorted. I hope you have more success with it than I have had so far.

Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

RobbieMac — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:51:36 GMT

Hi @PaulineBrown240

Welcome and thanks for your post!

I am sorry for the problems you're having receiving some calls since your move over to Digital Voice. I have sent you a private message with instructions on how you can send us over your details and we'll look into this for you. See: Private messages

Thanks,

Robbie

Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

Jane2018 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 13:21:36 GMT

This is no help to those on this thread but for those of us not yet moved over it is probably going to be wise to be the last to move over if we can so as much is sorted out as possible. Lots of people call me landline to landline from all over the place every day and mobile to my landline on a number I have had since the 1990s via BT. I see there are so many problems that pre-digital phone line option is now being offered to some to 2030 - https://vimeo.com/842850474/975ce1616e?share=copy (not applicable to me as I just have landlines and no emergency alarms or that kind of thing).

I think there were 4% non responding customers ( to the DV move) in Salisbury. I certainly don't want to be an early adopter of DV in London. Good luck to those trying to get the service working.

Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

archer3 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 13:26:21 GMT

@Jane2018

On the other hand, by the end of 2025 all customers need to be on DV as the old system is being decommissioned. That may lead to a huge number being moved over at once as late adopters, making it even more difficult for BT staff to resolve an avalanche of issues. Who knows?

Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

archer3 — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:28:01 GMT

@PaulineBrown240

Hi again. Have you had any success getting this fixed, because it sounds like exactly the same problem as mine?

One of the moderators from this community messaged me today saying he has taken ownership of my case and raised it with an "escalation team" so I'm hoping mine will be fixed soon. However, I've had my hopes up before, so not counting my chickens just yet.

Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

PaulineBrown240 — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:35:34 GMT

I can now receive incoming phone calls on my landline ie my original phone however the two DV phones I have are not responding to incoming calls. These two wireless phone are paired up to my router. I can make out going calls on these two DV phones however they are not receiving incoming calls.

Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

chrisjp — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:48:39 GMT

When you say your DV phones are not receiving calls, do you mean that they are not ringing with an incoming call, or that they are ringing but when you answer the call you can't hear anything?
If the former is the case, it may just be that your DV phones are failing to ring. If these phones are plugged into BT's DV adapters, try plugging them in via an old filter unit (the ones you previously used to separate broadband from the analogue phone signal)
These filters are not needed to do any filtering for digital voice, but they contain a capacitor need for some older phones to ring.

Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

archer3 — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:55:24 GMT

@PaulineBrown240

So how did you get things sorted out so that incoming calls work? What was the problem and what was the solution? Are you able to receive incoming calls from lots of different networks (BT, O2, Vodafone etc)?

Sorry for all the questions but your problem sounded so similar to mine. I’m hoping I can learn something from your experience which will help me to get resolution.

I hope you manage to get your digital handsets working too.

Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

PaulineBrown240 — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:48:08 GMT

My old analog phone rings & I am able to receive an incoming call.
The two DV phone do not ring, their screens remain blank & there is no incoming call registered.

My DV phones are not plugged into a BT DV Adaptor.

I received my two DV phones in November, 2022 ( yes 2022) a BT engineer paired them up to my router, which is a Smart Hub 2 , advised me to leave them plugged into the charger & that when the change over occurs my DV phones would be ready to go 🤦‍♀️. Not that simple. 😱

My router is in a cupboard, in November 2023, via a text I requested from BT an adaptor ( not really knowing if I needed one) I received a text reply informing me there was a delay in send out the adaptor, they would send one out to me later.🤷‍♀️ I have to date not received the said adaptor.

My DV phones are with charging pods that plug into the wall via a three point plug, there are no other sockets within these charging pods, they are simply for charging purposes. I think my DV phones are the BT Essential Cordless phone.
This is so annoying I am not technically minded, I find this very stressful, BT are not handling my situation at all.
Thank you

Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

Ladybird9 — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:45:18 GMT

Join the ever expanding club Pauline. I too am in a similar boat and finding it very frustrating. I`m in my 70`s and on my own, and can do without all this bother. Why bt have to fix something that was not broken is hard to understand.

Re: Digital Voice - Cannot receive all incoming calls (Very frustrating)

licquorice — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 17:28:31 GMT

Unfortunately the old system is broken, although as an individual user you wouldn't be aware of it. Current telephone exchanges are life expired and are becoming increasingly difficult to maintain, hence the change.

When I was first using a telephone, you picked up the receiver and a nice lady asked what number you wanted and put you through. Life evolves.