The Excite buyout is happening quickly. My buddy has cable and lost his service with the closing of Excite. And they sent him a letter saying too bad ho hum bye. 3 days later his service is back on and he recieved an email stating that AT&T had already made the buyout and the switch and that his new cable provider will increase the cable speed from 512Kbps to 1.5Mbps which is a huge jump in speed for no additional cost, effectively making DSL a totall rip off. And if you buy your cable modem you only pay 29.99 a month and you can cancell anytime unlike DSLs required 1 year service contract at 49.99 a month at 512Kbps(you do get the modem for free though). And if you know what a ping is, then cable is the ONLY choice. And Cable is available in alot more areas than DSL.