On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:27 AM, frankhunt <fh-li...@frankhunt.com> wrote:
> 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 > Thanks Frank - I meant port 25 not 53 duh :-) Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
