Did some more fooling around with the phone today - went down into the rats nest that is where the two phone lines connect to the outside world (AT&T apparently never saw a wire they didn't like) and ran a short cable from the connection studs to a jack, then plugged in a phone.
Just dangling from the studs, the connection was clear. No static whatsoever. So it's got to be the wire. The one that's up there in the attic, buried under blown-in insulation.
Right now I'm wondering: phone lines are so 1950s. Maybe we should just say the heck with this jack, pull it and patch the hole, and find an alternative. I know Verizon has one that essentially ports our home number to their cellular network.....which of course you'd pay for. What I want is a router that accepts the incoming landline, and then a wifi connection from that router to the phones. Hmm....
half split fault finding.
ReplyDeleteSo easy to explain. So hard to do.
Especially when the wire in question is buried inside walls and under insulation...
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