The DSL has been on the whole time…I tried to dial in this AM, and got “invalid username or password”. Called Billing (to update from the BofA acct.), and was told that everything was in order, and there were no billing problems listed, but that I was still listed as a Rhythms customer. Updated the billing info while I was there. Called TechSupport… Found out that Dialup has been hosed since yesterday afternoon, and I needed to be patient… Called Migration Status, and found out that I was actually a customer that WorldCom bought from Rhythms, and that the DSL has been on the whole time, aside from a short downtime (a few days) while they switched me over!!! *GRRR* Plugged the DSL back in, and reinstalled the software. Didn’t work. No DNS. Called Tech Support back, got the DNS set up, and *voila* it works. Not only that, but that stupid 64.xx.xx.xx problem is gone, to boot!
2011 Update
I was a Telocity DSL customer for about a year, then they sold the business. While I was a Telocity customer I had some sort of IP address issue that was recurrent and that would kill the connection until I rebooted the router. Telo(insert rhyme here) outright selling their business was one of the best customer service experiences I’ve ever had, despite the problems with the switchover.