I just finished a chat support session with PlayStation. Looks like, at least for me, the problem resides with the PlayStation servers. Dude actually said, "looks like the problem with the servers persists." Hmm... You don't say! Thank you Captain Obvious! At least a party finally ponied up and took responsibility for the issue. They actually had to pass my case of to an engineer team. Hope this is helpful for others who, like me, have been banging their brains out on a wall for two days with this issue. Only bad news is, there currently is no timetable for when a solution will present itself. Seriously guys, get your act together already!!! Two days is two too long!