The danger with playing chicken is sometimes both sides crash. The official corporate spokesperson was slow in getting her information. During the morning, @Home's spokesperson blamed the problems on breakdowns at regional cable companies, and that @Home had done nothing to interrupt service. Later @Home confirmed Excite@Home had terminated service to AT&T. @Home's spokesperson said negotiations are continuing with all cable companies, other than AT&T. Customers of Cox, Comcast, etc have reported problems with DHCP and DNS services.