Windstream said that there was a misprint in the user guide and they assured me that there was no firewall on it. If there was, I would have had it dismantled a long time ago. Like I did with Vista Firewall. I shut off the service that ran it so I know that it was permanently disabled. When I deleted the prefs nothing happened either. Whatever it is, I went through it with a fine tooth comb and I just can't pin it down.
I think I might as well accept defeat. *Surrenders*