Does a cellphone have a dial tone? Mobile cellphone never have a dial tone. Before the cellphone came into common usage, a dial tone on a landline told you that the line was available; however, it is ...

Pick up the phone in your home, listen for a few seconds, and think about what a dial tone means to you. It’s an easy thing to take for granted. But this deceptively simple sound may figure far more ...

BOUNTIFUL — No ringing. No busy signals. No calls at all. All Thomas Coppin gets on his home phone is a message on its screen saying, "Check Tel Line." "I haven't had a dial tone since August the 17th ...

No dial tone. Ah, we probably just left one of the phones off the hook last night. We’re always doing that to guard nighttime and naptime. Our family and friends hate it, but, hey, in the house of a 3 ...