[ale] Bellsouth dsl and static IP

[djinn at djinnspace.com]

And here in Savannah we've been waiting two weeks for them to figure out how to
route those static IPs.  I've spent 3 hours on the phone with tech support so
far, and finally managed to get someone who didn't go "Uhhhhh....I'll have to get
my manager" when I asked if I should be able to ping the DSL router from the
outside.
And we *still* don't have our static IPs.  No idea if the guy who configured my
router did it wrong, or if Bellsouth is wrong...I'd be just as happy either way,
but nobody can seem to help me figure it out. *grumble*

YMMV as always, and I certainly hope it does...and I have to say that waiting
around and paying $140/mo to connect our  6 person office is infinitely better
than paying $900/mo for a T-1 from the local provider and waiting around for
them.  Less $$ lost per hour spent on hold, as far as I'm concerned. :)

Cheers
jenn

Wandered Inn wrote:

> I just got off the phone with BellSouth.  Here's the whole poop.  They
> have recently started doing static ip dsl.  There are some catches.
> First, it must be on a business phone line.  They run about 2x a
> residential.  Here's the breakdown on cost:
>
> Business DSL $79  (same as residential just cost more cause it's a
> business)
> 1 static IP with above $40
> Cost per month for a business phone line $56 (straight from BSouth)
>
> So that would be $79 + $40 + $56 - (your current residential phone
> service assuming you would replace it with the new business line)
>
> Thats going to be > $130 when you add in the additional cost of the
> business line over the residential.
>
> I did talked to a tech support guy who also told me there were no
> restrictions on the services you would run and there are no throughput
> charges.
>
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