Fax won't get a dial-tone

Printing to the fax used to work fine. I have sent many faxes. I'm not sure if 10.5.6 broke it or what but the fax won't even get a dial tone now. I have tried two different phone cables and the phone line works, I have a splitter on it and I can hear the dial tone when using the handset. I just downloaded the PageSender Fax software and it doesn't get a dial tone either. I have deleted and re-added the fax in the Printer & Fax system preferences but that didn't help.
I tried setting the preference for not waiting for a dial tone but that doesn't work either.
Are there known problems with the fax modem on 10.5.6?
Any ideas?
Thanks,
David.

Good suggestion, but they look correct.
Vendor: Apple
Model: Apple Modem (v.92)
Enable error correction and compression in hardware: checked
Dial Mode: Wait for dial tone before dialing
Dialing: Tone
Sound: On
The System Profiler Modem Information:
Modem Model: Jump
Interface Type: I2S
Modulation: V.92
Hardware Version: 1.0
Driver: MotorolaSM56K.kext (v1.3.9)

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