lol...
I was wondering what was happening today with WP!
StoryR: once again, not enough thanks can go to you for this!
Edit: Spoke to soon! 
I had some problems with this working but got it eventually...
Here's what I did:
- Cleared the "Data" under \Program Files\Marsware
- Disabled my cities and auto-update and toggled the phone radio
- Make sure you "refresh" SPB Mobile Shell if you are using that
Now it made the connection and the data correctly. This program is feeling like POS now--all patched up from breaking! But at least it works still! lol