AT&T and my SWBell e-mail account  Mar 31, 2016 update

Called 1-866-294-3464

After over an hour with various tech/customer support folk the situation has been resolved.

The tech people (George, Eric) determined that my account was suspended and transferred me to customer support
(Sonja in KC, MO).

It seems that this was a deliberate attempt on their part to get me to call in persuant to this
http://www.qsl.net/w/wa5iyx/images/20160225_AT&Ta.JPG
http://www.qsl.net/w/wa5iyx/images/20160225_AT&Tb.JPG
Recall, I HAD called that number on Mar 29 only to find a recording:
"This is not a working number.  Thanks for calling.  Goodbye."

End Result:
A self-install kit will be sent, with U-Verse activation on Tuesday (9-11 am), which may be done at
a distant terminal vs the Network Interface on the rear of the house.  If the self-install kit
doesn't require me to switch to Cat5 cable vs 4-wire phone line then I wont have to "excavate"
to get to that inside portal (not visited in YEARS).

My e-mail was restored, but anything that was sent Mar 30 thru to this point was bounced and is lost.
Some of the places that I am subscribed to may have automatically unsubscribed me because of that,
requiring me to possibly resubscribe.

All somewhat like blackmail from those nefarious bas***ds.

If I hadn't 19 YEARS invested in the e-mail address I likely would have told them to shove it and found
another ISP.