July 10th - Pace 5268AC update or upstream update breaks VPN

Hey everyone ... Starting Sunday July 10th ... all the fixes I have seen on the internet for getting VPN to work (pass through, bridge mode, DMZish, etc..) no longer work on the Pace 5268ac ... I have tried them all .. and they do not work at all.  It looks like ATT flashed an update, or even updated the upstream rules to prevent the traffic.  When I called, they shunted me to the "Advanced Support" group, which wants to charge me $15/month, for a full year, for a subscription service that claims will fix this issue .. that they broke!   Any other people experience this?