Today was the fifth strange incident and I thought I should really be writing these down. I've jotted down the facts below, I hope they are readable. I don't have an explanation for what's going on!
#1 cordless phone is on its dock in bedroom
blue dial on phone lights up and red light blinks which signals a incoming call
but there is no ringing
picked up phone - dial tone
hung up the phone, dial was black
husband is coming around the bed and the dial lights up blue for the second time
and the red light blinks, but no ringing
dial tone again when picked up
#2 my daughter and I watching tv in living room
cordless phone on its dock in bedroom (~9 ft. away)
dock suddenly speaks with loud robot woman voice:
"MESSAGE RECEIVED"
(for a second I thought there was a woman in our bedroom!)
we immediately muted the tv
the phone did it again with same loud voice:
"MESSAGE RECEIVED"
have never heard that option!
number blinks if there's a message then you press play to hear it
if no message is left, still doesn't say that
it has never before said "message received"
#3 I'm talking to sister on bedroom's cordless phone
first thing in the morning
other phone in kitchen starts ringing
but it's the same line
#4 I'm talking to sister on cordless phone from bedroom
her voice keeps cutting out
gets worse and worse until I can only hear every other word
then we get disconnected
one of us calls the other back but it's
repeated again and again, a half-dozen times
are worried because we're about to have a conference call with attorney
(regarding our mother's care since our father died)
conference call lasted 40 minutes with NO PHONE PROBLEMS at all
reported problems to Telus
Telus repair man came and worked outside
came to the door and asked me about the problems
said he checked everything and could find nothing at all wrong with the phone line
#5 I'm sitting at restaurant with daughter
asked her to check that her cell phone is on
she checks and says, "it was off" and turns it on
cell phone suddenly announces in speaker mode in loud robot woman voice:
"MESSAGE RECEIVED"
daughter starts punching buttons to try and turn off the loud voice
the cell phone display reads
message
message
message
message
message
message
message
message
all the way down
and again, loud robot woman announces:
"MESSAGE RECEIVED"
our daughter does not text or use the cell to talk to friends
that's about to change when school starts next month but still now
it is an emergency phone only for travel to and from school
no one has the cell phone number except my husband and I
she's never used the speaker feature
sometimes telemarketers do call her number
but she's had the phone for 2years
it has never talked
has never said "message received"
#1 cordless phone is on its dock in bedroom
blue dial on phone lights up and red light blinks which signals a incoming call
but there is no ringing
picked up phone - dial tone
hung up the phone, dial was black
husband is coming around the bed and the dial lights up blue for the second time
and the red light blinks, but no ringing
dial tone again when picked up
#2 my daughter and I watching tv in living room
cordless phone on its dock in bedroom (~9 ft. away)
dock suddenly speaks with loud robot woman voice:
"MESSAGE RECEIVED"
(for a second I thought there was a woman in our bedroom!)
we immediately muted the tv
the phone did it again with same loud voice:
"MESSAGE RECEIVED"
have never heard that option!
number blinks if there's a message then you press play to hear it
if no message is left, still doesn't say that
it has never before said "message received"
#3 I'm talking to sister on bedroom's cordless phone
first thing in the morning
other phone in kitchen starts ringing
but it's the same line
#4 I'm talking to sister on cordless phone from bedroom
her voice keeps cutting out
gets worse and worse until I can only hear every other word
then we get disconnected
one of us calls the other back but it's
repeated again and again, a half-dozen times
are worried because we're about to have a conference call with attorney
(regarding our mother's care since our father died)
conference call lasted 40 minutes with NO PHONE PROBLEMS at all
reported problems to Telus
Telus repair man came and worked outside
came to the door and asked me about the problems
said he checked everything and could find nothing at all wrong with the phone line
#5 I'm sitting at restaurant with daughter
asked her to check that her cell phone is on
she checks and says, "it was off" and turns it on
cell phone suddenly announces in speaker mode in loud robot woman voice:
"MESSAGE RECEIVED"
daughter starts punching buttons to try and turn off the loud voice
the cell phone display reads
message
message
message
message
message
message
message
message
all the way down
and again, loud robot woman announces:
"MESSAGE RECEIVED"
our daughter does not text or use the cell to talk to friends
that's about to change when school starts next month but still now
it is an emergency phone only for travel to and from school
no one has the cell phone number except my husband and I
she's never used the speaker feature
sometimes telemarketers do call her number
but she's had the phone for 2years
it has never talked
has never said "message received"