"I might do an ipconfig or winipcfg and try to use my current address and subnet as a static IP. After all who's to say that they will just turn off all the routers? They may just turn off the DHCP servers."
"Just called the comcast hotline and got the 5:00 PM update. They said that @home has the right to end service at midnight tonight, but that comcast does not expect any interruption of service."
For all Insight@Home Customers [actually some good news] from their situation update page...
"We are working hard to avoid any inconvenience to our customers. In mid-October, we, together with other @Home affiliates (including Cox, Comcast, and Mediacom), increased our payments by over 50% to ensure uninterrupted service until an agreement among the Creditors could be reached; this was done at no additional cost to our customers. @Home affiliates including Insight are supporting AT&T in its bid to buy the @Home network. If the network were to go dark, there would be no cash coming in nor would there be any bids for @Home's assets. Therefore, it makes no sense for @Home to "pull the plug."
If the unlikely occurs, we will cover your cost of a dial-up service until we can transition you back to our broadband service. As I mentioned in our earlier note, we are talking with AOL Broadband and Road Runner, and believe we can expedite a transition."
Contrast this with Comcast's approach, cut right from their site:
Or, in other words: "We're a cable company, so f-you"
Unfortunately, according to the head cable internet honcho at our local company, who I talked to this afternoon after the ruling came out, that "expedited" transition would still take 45-60 days here... So let's all hope it doesn't come to that...