Mail suddenly stopped retrieving from my email provider...

Upgraded to Moutain Lion a week ago. So I do not know if this is a ML issue. But figured it was a place to start.
My email is hosted through Network Solutions and has performed flawlessly for 7 years.
Yesterday - Apple Mail 6.0 stopped receiving emails. I would get intermittant offline signals - would open the Connection Doctor and it would be red/off/or green.
I double checked my Network Solutions account and saw the unreceived emails sitting there. So I haven't lost any.
Apple Mail now shows green lights "connected to tthe internet".
But I am not getting any test emails I send to myself or have friends send to me. Meaning - they are not downloading to my Apple email client. They are still sitting at Network Solutions.
My cable provider - who has also worked flawlessly for the two years I have had them (I work from home) is Charter Internet. I don;t know what, if any, effect they may have on things. Right now just can;t seem to get email to talk to email provider.
Abd the ONLY thing that has changed at all is the OS. So I figured I'd start there.
Any help is appreciated.

After waiting on hold for an hour with Network Solutions - a recording popped up and said - "Your wait now is no more than 54 minutes"
I about blew a gasket. And hung up.
This is really strange. But - is this happening a lot more than is being talked about on the Apple Discussion board?
I have not had an opportunity to reinstall ML yet.

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