How do you call your own house phone using the same phone?

Question

When i was younger, i'd used to be able to call (test) the home phone ringer by dail something like 991 or 119 or something like that, and then i hangup the phone. 3 seconds later the phone rings.
how do i do that today i tried many combinations and it deosnt work. has the number changed or something?
Im in W.A

Answer 1

In this day of digital phones , it is harder because the signals travel faster.

Dial your own phone and put it down as soon as your hear the dial attendant's voice starting her spiel "Im sorry that number is......". Put it down and wait for a few seconds, It will ring only twice., but it will ring then turn itself off.

If your telephone is analog it will ring at least three times.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Call Your Own Phone

Answer 5

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RE:

How do you call your own house phone using the same phone?

When i was younger, i'd used to be able to call (test) the home phone ringer by dail something like 991 or 119 or something like that, and then i hangup the phone. 3 seconds later the phone rings.

how do i do that today i tried many combinations and it deosnt work. has the number changed or...

Answer 6

If you have multiple phones in your house working on 1 number, you will not be able to ring the other phones by dialling your number. However you would still be able to talk to someone in the bedroom when your in the sitting room for e.g. Just pick up both the receivers.



Offcourse if you have multiple phones with two or more numbers in you house, you can make a normal phone call to that phone like you would do to any phone.



Just make sure you don't call 911 accidently!!

Answer 7

That service was dropped years ago, due to old equipment issues, and some abuse. Every city had it's own numeric code. Nowadays, if an installer needs a callback. he asks the test board to call him back, or uses his cell phone, or clips on to another 'pair' at a terminal locally near your building. Unnecessary.

Answer 8

If you live in New Zealand and have two phones in your house on the one line you can dial 137 and it will ring twice and an automated voice will answer and say "goodbye", you then hang up the receiver and after a few seconds the other receiver will start ringing :)

Answer 9

It used to be 711. I'm in Texas and in my early thirties-so it wasn't that long ago guys. But you can't dial 711 anymore. Also used to be able to dial 259-and the number but that stopped a couple of years ago. Don't know why and don't know another number, but let me know if you find out!!

Answer 10

You can do it ! Goto " whereismycellphone.com" and enter your phone number. The computer will call you. There is nice autovoice when you answer that says...thank...blah, blah. No data come in on Caller ID.

Answer 11

Just had someone call my phone and checked caller I'd and it listed my name and phone number so it can be done some how. From a junction box or the phone co. themselves.

Answer 12

I called my own number, and it sounded busy, so I hung up, and it rang. That system still works here in Nova Scotia Canada

Answer 13

It used to be possible when i was a kid in my rural Quebec town. Here is a reference to ringback numbers that may still be active today across some places of North America. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringback_number

Answer 14

NOOOO you cannot. If you will dial your own number using the same phone, it will give you a busy tone only.

*With computers at this era, I thought people are well educated already, but seem there are still few who remains uneducated, like this kind of quiz.

Answer 15

i dont think you can call your own phone from the phone because you are engaging the phone by picking it up. why would you try to call yourself anyway?? if its that important, i think you can call like the operator and they will ring you back?! like a wake up call?!

Answer 16

all you have to do is dial the number and it will call



also if you are calling to check messages if you want to not take the time to see if you have them you press 9 and see is the dial tone changes

Answer 17

It WAS possible in the '50's, with a rotary dial.

Answer 18

IMPOSSIBLE unless you have a two line phone.

Answer 19

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE

why you want to call yourself? you can talk to yourself without a phone right? lol, just kidding