I have AT&T cable internet. The quality of service remained the same, but the amount of offerings (multiple IP's, static IP's) simply disappeared after the @home bankruptcy and subsequent transfer of service to AT&T.

SBC is offering DSL in the area, but I'm really hesitant to move from the frying pan into the fire. My only consolation is that the SBC repair guy lives 2 doors down from me, and he services my box (actually, he's the manager for all service in our town now). So, the advantage might be that I might get quicker repairs if it does break. But, again, SBC will happily sell me a single DHCP connection for $29.95 a month. However, if I want an "expanded" service offering (more IP addresses or static IP addreses), a $400 installation fee applies, plus $65 a month in a guaranteed 2 year contract.

I miss having multiple IP addresses (even if both are DHCP), because then I can have my work computer VPNed and my home computer accessing native Internet at the same time. But, I really can't convince my wife that it's worth $400 plus $65 a month for the next two years.

I can't complain about the service, it's on 99.95% of the time. But, I can't really ask for additional IPs from AT&T because they can't seem to make it work (already tried and paid for service for 3 months and it never worked). It seems they can just get their basic DHCP service working and not much more...

I guess they've never heard of a subnet?