In article , micky
writes

But my question is, how can the phone line be shorted while the DSL
works fine???

One of the 2 wires is broken somewhere. That would kill phone service
but DSL still works because it's near radio frequencies and the single
wire still connected acts as an antenna.

Aren't they both using the same 2 wires?

Yes

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