[wplug] Verizon DSL opinions?

[Brie Gordon]

Hey. I'm new here but . . .I've got Nauticom, two static IPs and pretty
cheap. Don't really have many issues. I'd reccommend it.

2007/7/11, Mark Allen Earnest <mark at mystikos.org>:
>
> I do not believe you can get a static ip with comcast residential cable,
> but you can (many in fact, with no restrictions on servers) with comcast
> business (I think they call it workplace). Be prepared to pay a lot though.
> You cheapest static ip solution locally will likely be nauticom dsl.
>
>
>
> Mark Earnest
> Digital Identity Management Consultant
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zach <netrek at gmail.com>
>
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:52:31
> To:"General user list" <wplug at wplug.org>
> Subject: Re: [wplug] Verizon DSL opinions?
>
>
> On 7/11/07, Drew from Zhrodague <drew at zhrodague.net> wrote:
> >         I pay *under* $50/month for cable Internet from Comcast, which
> > gives me basic cable too. There isn't much TV-wise, but makes a gret
> > combo with MythTV -- some movies, Star Treks, plus the networks. This is
> a
> > month-to-month service, and I am not locked into a contract.
>
> Ah is it a special deal? Oh so if I get cable internet service I will
> automatically get basic cable TV service which is the local channels
> plus G4TV and a few other ones right? I don't know much about MythTV -
> is that getting a TV tuner card and plugging your cable coax into it?
>
> >         The Internet, at 5-6Mbps downstream, is quite nice, and they
> don't
>
> Wow why is cable so much faster than similarly priced DSL?
>
> > block any ports that I normally use. I actually run a local webserver,
> and
> > do my secondary DNS out of it to boot.
>
> Can you get a static ip with cable?
>
> Zach
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-- 
Brie Gordon



There's always a smarter way to do it.
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