My ichat disconnects when I hang up my phone

I have an imac, sys. 10.6.8, ichat 5.0.3 (745)  This use to work - but now once I connect with my buddy and hang up the phone, Ichat disconnects.  If I keep the phone line open and my buddy hangs up, Ichat disconnects.  If we both leave our phones open we can Ichat but if its a long chat then we disconnect.
Going into my Ichat preferences I notice many things are not highlited yet they are sitting there.
I need help
Thanks
Barbara

All i can think of is if your on ADSL(DSL) and have a microfilter in the phone socket it might have gone bad, can you try another filter.

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