[TriLUG] roadrunner and static ip

[Andrew C. Oliver]

Expect to pay in the ballpark around ~$300/month.

-Andy

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>As for Brett, you'll have to get a quote for RR commercial services. 
>Static IPs are primarily used for servers, and since the RR AUP
>expressly prohibits servers (servers can equal extra bandwidth, which
>realistically speaking is what we're selling) under the residential
>service.
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>As for bandwidth, there are higher bandwidth plans than 512kbps. 
>Actually, you should not be getting 2mbps on your current cable modem,
>to my knowledge.  We don't offer tiered bandwidth on our residential RR
>service at this time.  Sometimes, however, you will get bursts of much
>better speed than your modem is provisioned for.  Just smile and be
>grateful.
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>It's my belief that they are not distributing Zyxel routers for our
>commercial service solutions, which is a fair step up.  Call the RR Biz
>folks to find out what you can get.  They may have even less expensive
>plans than the one that Chris was quoted on.
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>On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 19:25, Thunder Bear wrote:
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>>On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 19:26, H Brett Bolen wrote:
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>>>I've been really happy with roadrunner.   
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>>You're obviously not in the same service area as me.
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>>Mine has been down pretty often.  I think tomorrow is the fourth
>>scheduled visit since we got RR a few months ago for a tech to see why
>>we get such wicket packetloss.  It's been pretty much unusable the last
>>few days except for short windows of partial usability.
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>>The tech that comes out has an "I don't care" attitude.  He openly
>>admits the signal quality is poor for my neighborhood, but won't do
>>anything about it.
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>>>Has anybody gone with roadrunner and static ip?  What does it cost?
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>>I've priced it out.  A few months ago I was quoted $99 per month for one
>>static IP and unfiltered ports (i.e. I could run servers).  No upgrade
>>in bandwidth in either direction from residential class.
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>>>And I've been delightfully surprized with nc.rr.com.  My current ip
>>>has been fixed so far -- it has remained the same for about a year,
>>>( I don't remember it ever changing ) but there is no guarentee
>>>that it will stay the same.
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>>Mine stays relatively static until my modem can no longer communicate
>>upstream for a long period, after which it comes back with a new IP.
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