Check that the telephone cable is intact and properly connected into your telephone outlet AND the line input jack of your modem.
Check with a regular phone if you have a tone. If no tone with a normal phone, the plug or the cable leading to it is broken. Report to Telephone, Corded Phone.
Electro
December 2011
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