On Tue, 2 Jan 2024, Keith Lofstrom wrote: >Anybody on the list subscribed to Ziply Fiber?
THANKS TO ALL for EXCELLENT and COGENT responses to my question about Ziply static IP. $10 (or even $50) extra per month for a business class connection with a static IP is well worth it - much time and confusion saved when there is no time to debug my ONLY connection (needed to look things up). I know I can simulate static behavior with DHCP and dynamic DNS and proper configuration, but I prefer simple and robust to clever. I'm old enough that "clever" is in short supply. Regards "business rates and business department" ... I learned similar good info from a Ziply install tech (crusty opinionated overall-ed bearded ex-hippie, my favorite variety of expert) who was servicing a neighbor, a few months ago. He said the best part of Ziply business class is a US call center rather than Asian, staffed with people who know the subject rather than parrot menus. We talked for a while, but I forgot to ask him about static IP. We already connect our landline personal phones via Ooma - which needs a working internet connection. With our current ComCAN'T connection, we also have a copper telephone connection for the fax machine (a regulatory requirement for my M.D. wife), but she may be "retiring" from practice (and the hardwire fax requirement) soon. We connected through Verizon for decades, which degenerated into horrible Frontier, which has improved into Ziply. We still have the ancient Verizon fiber modem on the garage wall, still connected to an overhead single-mode fiber to the street fiber bundle. It may be a simple matter of replacing that old modem with a modern device, then changing a few addresses in the PC-Engines APU that firewalls the modem to the house network. ----- Last comment in this tooo-loooong PLUG post - the bad part of the overhead service drop was that it was attached by an eyescrew to the gutter fascia board nailed to the edge of our roof - a "woodrot-friendly" environment, with nails penetrating soft rotten ex-wood. The whole crumbly mess was gradually pulling loose. I replaced the fascia board, and re-attached it with Simpson Strongtie angle straps to multiple rafters (also reinforced in the attic). In the next 500-year Cascadia subduction zone earthquake, I expect that attachment to remain "rock"- solid (heh), though extreme-ground-movement-tension on the reinforcing wire might dislodge a street pole or two. :-( Keith L. -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com
