Networking, Router & cable company

Hi All,

I would like to get some feedback from you reguarding my sitituation. I moved to a little city outside of Sacramento last week. We moved from Las Vegas where I had finally got my home network just the way I wanted it. Cable modem for internet, Linksys BEFW11S4 wireless 4 port router with switch. My wife's computer connected to the network by ethernet and my lap connecetd by the wireless PCMCIA card.

Anyway after we moved I ordered a cable modem and after they install it I find out that they do NOT allow ANY ROUTERS on their system. Sure enough when I plugged in my router it did not work at all. Well after reading and researching many web pages I found out that I could clone the MAC address and the router would now work without any problems. The only problem is now I REALLY DISLIKE teh local cable co (Did I tell you that they said I could use a plain old hub to share my connection but that they also would charge me an additional $18.95 a month for each additional computer, how crazy is that).

DSL is comimg to my area in a few months and I am considering switching only because I don't want to give this cable company any more business than I have to.

Now for my main question.
Is there any advantage of DSL over cable at all. Cable is running me $34.95 while DSL would cost me $49.95 a month.

Thanks for your input and have YOU ever heard of any cable companies not allowing routers at all?

Thanks again,
John Smitch