Most of the "home" routers support PPPoE just fine (the Linksys and Netgear and SMC all do). It doesn't really "suck" just a bit inconvienent. If you don't plan on running servers, then it's nothing ...
I am looking at the netgear FVG318 which also has wireless which is a plus. I have dsl connection which is turned up to 24mb and most routers only handle 10mb on the wan side but this one says it will ...