Tried everything to get a darn signal. Looked for standard settings for the APN, redid a search. I went back to JFD to see if I had no signal there. JFD worked out, but still no signal when I flashed back to ICS. I'd like to get this logged as an issue.
I haven't flashed this ROM yet, but in the directory (linked in the OP) there is a file called DataFix.zip.. not sure if it's for this issue, but it sounds promising.