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Originally Posted by DuffMan

I think you may have rats in your walls that have chewed through the wire.
Has it ever worked?
You can get this line tracer to see if you're tracing what you think you're tracing.
http://www.homedepot.ca/product/lan-...-1-clam/963530

We bought the house in November and it never worked for us (noted in the home inspection). The old owners lived there for 18 months or so and it never worked for them either. The outlet itself looked very "used" though, so I'm pretty it did work at some point.

So tracing the line is really my only option at this point? Not sure I feel confident doing that myself and dropping $50 on something I might not even be able to function correctly. Thanks for the suggestion though!

And good god, we better not have rats!