Recieiver says unavailable and account is paid and active..

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Sep 04, 2008 Posts: 2

I live in southern IN, my ISP is a WiFi provider called NetSurfUSA and it's speeds are about 512kbit down and 128kbit up.

The modem is a Motorola VT2142-VD.

The issue is when you push the talk button you get nothing for a few moments then a loud beep and the phone says Unavailable.

Posts: 204 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Dec 04, 2005 Posts: 204

It sounds like your cordless phone is not registered its base station. Can you try a different telephone, such as one that is wired?

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Sep 04, 2008 Posts: 2

Well it's fixed.

I have no clue what the difference would be but earlier I unplugged everything from the power strip and the problem persisted.

Now I unplugged the AC cord from the back of the reciever and when I came back from a smoke and tried it was good to go.

Posts: 204 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Dec 04, 2005 Posts: 204

That might have been it then. Cutting the power forced the base station to location the handset again.

Posts: 27 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Oct 29, 2005 Posts: 27

stfu wrote:

Well it's fixed.

I have no clue what the difference would be but earlier I unplugged everything from the power strip and the problem persisted.

Now I unplugged the AC cord from the back of the reciever and when I came back from a smoke and tried it was good to go.

I'm screwed if my phone stops working. I DON'T SMOKE.