U-Verse VOIP into house wiring: "Line-in-Use"

All, ATT converted our DSL to U-Verse high-speed Internet + VOIP 5 months ago. This included VOIP connection to original phone-wiring in the house (built in 1989), supporting 3 extensions. All worked fine until last week, when all extensions show "Line-in-Use" and are inoperable. VOIP constantly trying to "Connect" == flashing green light on Modem/VOIP. Disconnecting all phones has no effect. Disconnecting line from Modem/VOIP to house wiring immediately enables VOIP connection. Plugging phone directly into Modem/VOIP provides excellent phone service. Obvious conclusion is that there is now a problem with house wiring. Odd since the wires haven't been touched in months, and we have had no rain. Any suggestions on where to start looking at the house wiring?Appreciate any advice.-Joe in San Diego

A couple of examples of house wiring problems out of the blue -
The wireis behind kitchen cabinets. Every time the spoon drawer is closed it beats up the wire til it breaks or shorts.
The wire gets crimped in the jack mounting plate & eventually shorts out.
Obviously, it is difficult to troubleshoot hidde wires. First determine if you are daisy chained from jack to jack or star connected to a bunching block.
The daisy chain - work out from the RG to open the next segment til you bracket the segment.
The star - check the feed leg. Remove all legs & add them back one at atime til it fails.
Note that the tel connection is on thetwo center prongs of the RJ-11 jack. IT is standard to connect these to the red/green wires. With one phone the yellow/black are not used. If you find a problem with the red-green that you cannot fix because you cannot get to it, you could use the yellow -black for that segment.
When you had DSL the tel house wiring was fed from outside. When you switched to u-verse feed on the RG the connecton to the outside should have been opened up. If it was not it may still have worked. But, now the short is outside. Make sure you are not still connected to the outside.

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