. . (but it may not be, since this was PacBell territory) they use a bridge (Westel Wirespeed), not a router for ppoe connections with dynamic IP. The bridge doesn't have the smarts to do any filtering. I haven't heard of them blocking anything, but I don't think I have any clients accessing through a ppoe connection.

The only other service SBC offers here is 5 static IPs with a Cayman router, and nothing is blocked.

If I want anything different I bring in LinkLine. They use a bridge with static IPs, and you can have any number of statics you are willing to pay for from 1 on up. For my own service I have LinkLine with 3 statics and use a Cayman router configured as a bridge ('cause I already had the Cayman).

Cayman is now a division of Netopia.