The_Gypsy posted this on Boobs Website :

It appears that Sega announced on August 1st that they are discontinuing their Dreamcast subscription service and, until the end of 2002, the SegaNet servers will be available to all online gamers. I’ve never personally used it myself, but those of you that want to play online that missed this announcement may want to check it out. Basically, it is unlimited head-to-head online gameplay via SegaNet through the end of 2002. After that, Sega will shift their online focus to other platforms — and will start shutting down the DC servers…
P.S. Note that PSOv2 is stil pay-to-play. It is the exception.

Time for some major playtime