...for the encouragement, guys. It's been a bit rough. Screw it, we'll drive on!
Hanno has suggested, and I think I'm going to explore, moving to a new provider. If and when that happens there will be no service interruption and you'll all be notified well in advance.
Sorry about this...it wasn't part of the service package I signed on for...
is out there, but hasn't yet figured out the vagaries of IP addresses yet...