On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Chris Mathey <slug@mathey.org> wrote:
>
>
> Chuck Hast wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Chuck Hast <wchast@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:47 PM, chris lee <chris.a.lee@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> im paying for 20/2, im getting 20/2.
>>>>
>>>> 24/7 365
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have bright house soho service with a fixed IP. It cost me $69/mo. I
>>> get a
>>> fixed IP and that is all I care about. It has worked very well, I use
>>> Vonage
>>> for the fone service. I have some small servers here at the house that I
>>> use,
>>> it all works very well. I still have not been able to find out exactly
>>> what VZN
>>> offers in a similar service, but from what I have been able to dig up it
>>> appears
>>> to be at least double that, and I believe still no fixed IP.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I did find it, and the cost of the lowest tier small business service is
>> $114/mo
>>
>> I get TV and the Bright House low tier SOHO service with a fixed IP for
>> $120
>> after it is all said and done. I use Vonage for the fone service, between
>> BH
>> and Vonage it has been much more reliable than the old VZN wireline
>> service.
>>
>> It appears that in order to obtain something near what I presently have I
>> will
>> need to come up with about $160 - $170/mo. Also that is if you sign a 2 yr
>> contract... Cheeeee... Dinosaur phone company vampires.
>>
>>
>
> A bit off topic, but I found having a static IP at my house to be a waste of
> money. For $15.99/mo
> I have a Linux virtual private server from vpsland which has a static IP and
> reverse DNS.
> http://www.vpsland.com/xlseries.html
> You get root access and can run whatever you want, plus faster network
> speeds. You can choose CentOS, debian, fedora, gentoo, ubuntu as your
> distro.
> I use it to run my mail server and a webserver (lighttpd).
> I'm not trying to plug them, I'm just a lot happier with that setup vs.
> maintaining a box at my house.
>
I have some security cams and other stuff at home that I need to access,
and it is kind of hard to use them in that way (the video will eat you alive
on BW to the camera server), better to have the thing on site and only send
the frames you want to see over the public network. I also have some other
stuff that works a whole lot better with a fixed IP. One of these days these
networks are going to realize that people need to have inbound access just
like the phone.
-- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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