Well, the 2wire modem experiment is officially over. I broke down and ordered a D-Link combo router/modem/WAP today. I rely heavily enough on my Internet connection to justify having something with a warranty and at the beginning of his lifecycle.

After a bad experience with a D-Link switch a few years ago I would have preferred a Netgear unit, but the Netgear equivalent is getting hard to find. There's a draft-N version of the Netgear out there, but I don't need that capability, and prefer to buy mature technology anyway.

So we'll see how the D-Link goes. I'll post a full review after a few days with it. Decent reviews of that kind of equipment are very hard to come by.