Martin Eastburn wrote:

They used to do precision resistance from each end and determine
the break point.

It has been 40 years or so for me to hear the words - Varly / Yarly or
something like that.


If I can prove which cable is bad, they will replace it. Of course,
it's a different crew for each of the two cables, and neither is part of
the group that takes care of residential phone problems.


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You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a Band-Aid™ on it, because it's
Teflon coated.