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On Friday 17 September 2004 10:35 am, Doug Crompton wrote:
> I believe that Verizon (only) DSL is now available at my location. I have
> been using a 24/7 dialup here for years. If I want it, it looks like I
> will have to spring for the business flavor with static IP. That is
> $79/month. A real rip-off considering the $29/month for residential dyn.
> IP.
If you just need a static IP (and not whatever else they include in "business"
if anything), consider going with a reseller. (DCA.net is the one I use -
they resell verizon/covad - currently you get up to 1.5/384 for $52/month
(inc tax)). DCA doesn't have 24x7 tech support (I think it's 8-8 and half
days on weekends), if that's an issue, but there may be people who do.
> I saw talk of PPOE etc. on the list. I am assuming that my Linux server
> attached to a DSL modem via ethernet does not know nor care what is out
> there on the other end of the ethernet (the modem - ppoe or whatever) and
> just default routes to it. I would use linux (as I currently do) to serve
> a local 192.168.x.x network.
Unfortunately that's not true. With PPOE, your linux box needs to have a PPOE
daemon running (just as you need a PPP daemon running on dialup). There's a
couple available and they work fine (I had straight Verizon for a couple of
months before discovering they lied about the availability of static IPs and
in order to upgrade from dynamic to static I had to get a real ISP).
> It looks like Verizon is really rolling out the the advertising on DSL.
> Hardly a day goes by that I don't get something in the mail.
So did I, which was somewhat amusing given they provisioned my line. If you
call them they'll stop sending you junk.
--
"...Acathla turned to stone, as demons sometimes do, and was buried
where neither man nor demon would want to look.
Unless of course they're putting up low-rent housing."
- Angelus, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Becoming
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