Background:

At work I have a 802.1x profile.  At home i have the standard profile. Before the new system area menu I would see these wired network profiles listed under the network menu.

Now to switch between them I have to take 1 of 2 paths to switch:

1: Open Control Panel
2: Goto Network
3: Goto Wired
4: Select the profile I want

or 

1: Select system status menu
2: Expand Wi-Fi block
3: Select Wi-Fi settings
4: Goto Wired
5: Select the profile I want

Before all I had to do was:

1: Click network menu
2: Select the profile I want

IMO if i have multiple wired profiles defined (optionally add AND network link present) there should be an additional network block that lets me select a different profile, just like I can select different wireless networks.