phone distrubing interweb connection?

Starting not too long ago, there have been a number of times when our DSL modem has seemingly lost the connection.....sometimes it would come back after a minute or so, otherwise it would come back after turning off and on.
(There has also been quite a bit of static on the phone line going back a few months.)
I didn't think much of it, but the frequent interruptions are getting annoying.

As far as I can tell it's not the modem. Could one of the connected phones be causing the interference?
Is it the service? (AT&T)

do you have dsl filters on all the phones?

A filter could have gone bad. Or you could have a line issue. Have you or the phone company done any tests? (Packet loss, retransmits, latency. etc)

You should give them a call. It is quite possible the issue is outside the house in which case it is up to them to fix it.

minidrag said:   You should give them a call. It is quite possible the issue is outside the house in which case it is up to them to fix it.
ellory said:   Or an issue with the DSL modem. They should be able to do remote diagnostics to provide some insight

Note: It may be easier and faster to report online

will try and give the modem a cleaning....would like to kill the service all together but there doesn't seem to be any other service in the area

ellory said:   Give the modem a cleaning?

yes....dust