yeah, it was easier than that. bad card.
but now...

same site (I was going out to troubleshoot a problem with line 2 and decided I would give the CLID problem a shot)

all of a sudden today, line two (when direct selected) had no dial tone. when a call came in on that line, you could not pick it up (if you pressed it you get the line name for @ 3 secs, then it disconnects) there was dial tone on the 66 block (trunk side 25pr).
I rebooted the system and Voila! line two is back.

so thats when I swapped the card to test the CLID. (I know what you're thinking, more indication that the card is bad... but wait!)
every thing was cool, but now the problem is on LINE 1!
(this is the "new" CLI GATC that I put in to test)

we've had some fairly nasty storms here lately but we're protected and the problem popped up in the middle of a sunny day.

I tried to reboot (it worked the first time) and NONE of the lines would work.

I thought maybe disconnect sup. but it was set. so I took my screwdriver and shorted each line pair, and they all showed back up.

am I looking at wierd telco crap here? I can't consistantly duplicate the issue so I can't tell if it will come back. I'm half tempted to declare the system to be fried.