Something really weird happened to me last night!

Around 10 pm not only the broadband stopped working but I had no phone line either!

Still wasn't working this morning so I used my mobile to phone and report a fault and the phone company said they couldn't send anyone out until tomorrow morning!

So I tried something, I disconnected the microfilter and plugged the phone straight into the socket - it worked!

I put the microfilter back in - nothing.

I switched off the broadband modem itself and left it for a minute then reconnected it to the power. I then unplugged the broadband line from the microfilter so it was only carrying the phone line which still worked. I then reconnected everything, rebooted the computer and the router and I was back in business!

I then had to call the phone company back and cancel the repair call.

Weird, the only thing I can think of would be a build up of static, we had a thunder and hailstorm a couple of nights ago but didn't seem to affect anything then.