You can get 5 static IPs from CL for a fee. The setup is egregious (a single was $75, a /29 is a little more) and the monthly is tolerable ($10 for a single, more for a /29).
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:51 AM, Tom Sharples <[email protected]> wrote: > As you said you don't know all the details. > > We need those 5 static IP's, and hat's why the cost is what it is. We have > hundreds of embedded devices out there, some over 10 years old, that > upload to servers behind those IPs and it's not worth it to screw around > with getting those to work reliably with IPv6. > > Tom S. > > > > On 8/1/2018 12:53 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > >> I do not know all the details, but $115 per month for 75Mb/s internet does >> not show/prove any ability on your part to negotiate a price. On the >> contrary. >> >> If you think that that is good deal, perhaps because of the 5 IPv4s - I >> would look into AWS or using IPv6 + DNS + 1Gb/s @ $70/month CenturyLink. >> >> For $57.50 per month for the next 3 years fixed contract, I will teach you >> how to do it and even maintain the setup for you. >> >> -T >> >> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 11:27 AM Tom Sharples <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've had the basic slow Comcast business service with 5 static IPs for >>> years. I recently called them and threatened to go over to centurylink >>> if they didn't give me more bandwidth. After about 15 minutes of >>> haranguing they did agree to give me 75 down and 20 up for three years >>> at just another $20 a month (so $115 total) which is around $30 / mo >>> less than their regular price for that package over here in the Couve. >>> So there is some ability to negotiate. >>> >>> Since making that upgrade I have also noticed that every once in a while >>> my upstream speed is way faster than downstream. Just tested it at 101 >>> mb/s. Not sure why. >>> >>> Tom S. >>> >>> >>> On 7/28/2018 4:44 PM, Russell Senior wrote: >>> >>>> My main advice is, as companies, they are all horrible. The service >>>> >>> itself >>> >>>> is usually okay, the prices and policies are all "take-it-or-leave-it" >>>> (Comcast might be more likely to cut temporary special deals, but you >>>> usually have to have long telephone conversations every 6 months or so >>>> to >>>> keep them in place). CenturyLink has some innovative (i.e. fraudulent) >>>> billing practices that they are currently being sued over. So, shop >>>> >>> around. >>> >>>> Play one off against the other to the extent you can. DSL is a dead-end >>>> product, so I'd avoid it. Maybe some day we'll have a municipal fiber >>>> system, but not for a few years under the best case scenario. I have >>>> the >>>> CenturyLink gigabit service. They are fraudulently charging me $5/month >>>> more than they said they would. No transfer cap, I paid extra for a >>>> >>> static >>> >>>> IP ($75 setup + $10/month). Total on the last bill was $95, but should >>>> >>> be >>> >>>> $90. I rarely see more than ~30Mbps from any real service, but >>>> >>> speedtest.net >>> >>>> says I'm getting close-ish to a gigabit. Usually upstream speeds >>>> register >>>> higher than downstream. If you are going to upload big files, fiber has >>>> a >>>> practical advantage over cable, which tends to have pretty low upstream >>>> speeds (which they don't talk very much about because "you are a >>>> >>> consumer, >>> >>>> dammit"). CenturyLink has lower speed tiers for less money, but I >>>> >>> believe >>> >>>> there are monthly caps. >>>> >>>> Good luck! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 3:32 PM, mitch Stanley < >>>> >>> [email protected]> >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, We are moving back to SW Portland , & we only had the choice of >>>>> >>>> Comcast >>> >>>> Or Century Link for Broadband, I believe I'm still restricted to them >>>>> >>>> but >>> >>>> if you have a link ,advice ect please email >>>>> >>>>> me directly Or post on PLUG. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you in Advance , Mitch Stanley >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> PLUG mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PLUG mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PLUG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
