I recently got a Space Monkey, which is a device that can potentially generate constant up- and down-stream traffic, and I have found that it does not play well with my (years old) ActionTech DSL ...
I just got a Zyxel Modem from Century Link and 5 usable Static IPs in a block of 8. I configured the modem for "transparent bridging" and configured the PPOE credentials on a DD-WRT router and now it ...