I stumbled out of bed this morning, put on some coffee, and picked up the phone to call my mother. No dial tone. WTF? I booted up my PC and verified that the DSL service was working. Ok, so it's just the phone. It's too early for this crap.
I called Mom on my cell phone and wished her a happy Mother's Day. She thanked me and said that it's next Sunday, not this Sunday. Oh. I really should be fully awake before making phone calls.
After a couple of cups of coffee I grabbed the phone and went out to the connection point outside the house. I plugged into the test port and had a dial tone. Ok, so the problem was between there and the inside jack. I went back inside and plugged directly into the jack, bypassing the DSL filter and surge protector. No dial tone.
After a bit of examination I determined that in the course of doing the weed trimming the maintenance guy had pulled the phone wire partially out of the connection. Just enough to kill the dial tone but not enough to kill the DSL. I reconnected the line and sure enough everything was working again. It was way too early for this crap, I should have caught that right off the bat.
I need more coffee.