It gets worse. I called ATT and they sent someone out here. Great guy. He checked the lines, gave me different cables, fixed some outlets.

I replaced one phone so far. I still hope to find a reliable 2-line cordless phone to replace the old Uniden one that has been buzzing. I've spent so much time researching and have found only crap. Even the Panasonics I'm looking at get bad reviews. If anyone has any ideas about this, please let me know. I guess it's all Chinese crap now.

More to the point, it turns out ATT raised my rates in January 2013 from 19.95/month to 28.00/month…with no change in speed. Argh.