Interesting, I had a similar problem, suddenly no land line, and crippled Internet, then after a week, dead, I had nothing. I used to work for a private TelCo,

Interesting, I had a similar problem, suddenly no land line, and crippled Internet, then after a week, dead, I had nothing. I used to work for a private TelCo, so checked all my inside wiring, then had a friend call in a trouble report, and it took the damn company 3 weeks! to clear the trouble, because their line test equipment indicated the line was fine. After reading your post, I'm guessing it was a barely broken/corroded part of a pair in an outside "B" (connection) box, as I live within 1/4 Mile of the ocean.