The repairman was here. When he ran his computer on the lines, he found a sustained short supposedly in the house somewhere and also something wrong with the outside lines. He fixed the outside line three miles from the house and when he got back here, there was no longer a short in the house. He thinks it was fixed, but not really sure as it was something he has never seen before. I swear it has to be because it is my house. cheesy He also told me that DSL is not an option as the lines have not been changed over and even if they were, the house is too far away for it to work. The phone is working now so I am happy!