Or you could do like me for simple dsl: 21.95 / month 256k up/down to quest 12.95 / month to cyberwire ISP (they say they don't want you running a server but the guy told me that as long as I'm not eating a ton of bandwidth, they don't care)
I they give me a dynamic address but as long as the router doesn't get unplugged it doesn't change. John --- Kenneth Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am also running Comcast cable. It seems to be > very stable, and my cable > router has kept my DHCP lease updated for almost a > year now, (I was with > AT&T before they switched to comcast) so I basically > have a static IP > address. I haven't had comcast block any of my > ports, (my friend says that > several ports were blocked with his DSL through MSN, > stay away from them...) > and I have been running a small family web site > without any problems. > > The one problem I have with comcast is that they > REQUIRE you have cable TV > service included, or they charge your for it > anyways. That is about $46 for > 1MB down/ 256k up Internet + $13 minimum cable tv + > $25 for basic phone @ a > total of about $84. DSL is about $45 for 256k > up/down internet + $25 for > phone @ a total of $70. To me the extra down > bandwith is worth it, and to > my wife the cable tv is worth it... > > Kenneth > > -----Original Message----- > Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:45:15 -0700 > From: Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [uug] Best ISP in the valley > To: BYU Unix Users Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 08:56, Jacob Albretsen wrote: > > On Wednesday 10 September 2003 09:40 am, Andrew > Hunter wrote: > > > Whence the "yuck"? I admit that I don't know > too much about cable vs. > > > DSL, besides the usual coax vs. phone line > implementation, but it seems > > > that the two are vastly superior to dial-up and > carrier pigeons. Why is > > > DSL preferable? > > > > Last I checked into cable modems when it was AT & > T, you could not run > servers > > (web, mail, ftp, etc), the IP address was not > static, and AT & T had to be > > your ISP. A lot of people such as myself want to > be able to run a web > server > > on our connection. That's what I do with > knine.net. (Good old Xmission) > > And AT & T as an ISP, nowayman. > > I had cable with AT&T one summer and they seemed to > be actually blocking > port 80 so I couldn't run a webserver from home > except on some other > port, now I have cable with comcast and they don't > block anything. It's > still a dynamic IP address, but I've had the same > one for about 4 > months. Their policy officially states that you > can't run "any servers" > but I asked the tech support guy about this (I used > an ssh server for > remote access as an example and I think he even knew > what I was talking > about) and he said as long as I'm not chewing up a > ton of bandwidth they > don't really care. I run my little web site from > home now. > > Bryan > > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
