I live in NY also, and my IP has been the same for the last 18+ months... you wanna effectively change your provider-supplied IP? Change your NIC. The new MAC address on the card will force a new IP Lease to be written, and the DHCP server will issue a new IP.

Personally I like the whole Tachy Goes to Coventry feature ;)

If you unplug your router and shut down the PC, let it sit unplugged for a day or two youll get a new IP address next time you boot up the PC.

Thats with any cable service.

For example, if your connection is suspended due to non payment of cable bill, if its off for over 24 hours, next time you are connected your IP is different, or the same if you unplug your router, shut PC down and come back in a a day or two.

My IP was the same for 4 years until I found that out. I had someone trying to hack into my PC using my IP address and tried to request an IP change. Cable service refused to do it. But then I talked to someone who told me to unplug my router overnight and shut down the PC.

When I came back the next day and plugged it in and booted up, my IP had changed.

Now Im able to change my IP at will using that strategy.