[wplug] Verizon DSL service downgrade

[Patrick Wagstrom]

> My only problem with Comcast is there is no static IP and not allowed to
> run servers, but that is about it, I would love to bring my web site
> into my own computer.

Lack of static IP does not mean inability to run your own server.  I've
run a web server on my comcast account just fine for the last two and a
half years.  I've changed IP addresses once -- heck, even when I moved,
cancelled the service in my name and reupped in my wifes name to get the
el-cheapo rate my IP didn't change.  I use dyndns customdns to handle
that sorta stuff -- $30 for the life of the domain, not a bad deal at
all.  This little webserver has been slashdotted and dugg'd on my
comcast line, and while stuff got slow - it didn't completely die.

The bigger problem is that if you're on every blackhole list for email
-- so don't run your own mail server.  Of course, you're probably better
off letting someone else do that anyway.

--Patrick