I have been running a couple small sites (personal stuff and photos, etc) for many years now with Comcastic - they do block port 25 now but have (so far) left port 80 alone. I use zoneedit to manage the IP in case it changes - but it hasn't changed in over three years. I also use zoneedit to forward my emails (x...@mydomain.com) to their comcast equivalents (x...@comcast.net). No problems. I think the key is to keep the traffic low. If you try to run a business they may not like it.
On 11/25/2010 05:50 AM, Michael C. Robinson wrote: > On Sun, 2010-11-21 at 20:57 -0800, frankhunt wrote: >> I've been using zoneedit for about ten years. Never a problem. >> >> >> >> On 11/21/2010 03:11 PM, Carlos Konstanski wrote: >>> I'm looking to lower that pesky monthly cable bill by switching from a >>> static IP to a dynamic one. But I still need it work work like a static IP, >>> i.e. my DNS names (plural) still need to resolve. So I'm looking at services >>> like DynDNS.com. Any recommendations for the best one? >>> >>> Carlos > In general, how does Comcast treat customers who run their own web > and/or email site? Without multiple IP addresses, running redundant > servers could be awkward. Still, fewer global IP addresses equals > cheaper service. I'm on DSL, but it is painfully slow in my opinion > compared to cable. The phone service is expensive enough that it might > make sense to switch to Comcast triple play even at the normal > price, whatever that is. I don't know if Comcast is much better than > CenturyLink considering that Comcast advertises the initial as opposed > to the long term cost. Yes you are looking at $35+ a month for > telephone service alone with CenturyLink, but at $30/month per service > from Comcast where that price is limited may not be much better. I wish > FiOS was available in Columbia County. > > In my case, switching from DSL to Cable may not make sense. Dropping > the DSL speed down and supplementing with cable might. I'm thinking > keep DSL but at a lower speed for my web/email site and use Comcast > cable for my own web browsing. At least in the short run, it would > make sense to have both (while the cable is still cheap). > > I'm simply curious what people are doing. For that matter, has Linux > support for satellite based Internet improved? I'm thinking dual > direction satellite, not the kind where you use your telephone and > receive via dish. > > -- frank hunt (L0F) R0B-ZAR1 befuddled linux admin erstwhile photographer hillsboro oregon _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
