[ale] OT: Comcast

[Jerald Sheets]

The $5/mo charge is for a total of 5 static IP's with SpeedFactory.

I have all 5 utilized from DNS to WEB to MAIL and SSL Webhost.  The last one is the firewall/gateway into my client machines all over the house.  Single IP - 5 machines.  It works out *very* well for me, and for the price of cable TV (which I finally ditched), I can have 3M service with 5 IP's, manage my own DNS, WEB, and Mail, and don't have to be bugged with waiting on someone else to make something happen.

I have had maybe 3 dropouts in the 2 years I've been here.  Two were Bellsouth's fault, and the other was Katrina's fault.

I've always wanted a place that would just gimme some IP's, bandwidth, and leave me the hell alone.  Speedfactory foots that bill.

The support guys are all Linux savvy too, which helps out a lot if I ever need to call in.  I never get a "reboot it" or such.  I can't tell you how nice it is to not get some kid with a notebook full of canned answers or a mid-life loser with no concept of anything outside of his windows "hard drive" at home.

--J



----- Original Message ----
From: Jim <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 6, 2006 11:15:13 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Comcast

No, it's just one IP address. 

Jim.
Jeff Hubbs wrote:

>Jim wrote:
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>>I told myself I wasn't going to comment, 'cause about the time I did, 
>>all hell would break loose, but I gotta say I've been very happy with 
>>Bell South DSL since I got rid of that alcatel modem.  In 2.5 years, the 
>>only outage I experienced was when they came along and blocked port 25.  
>>I don't know what else they did, but that was the only thing I 
>>detected.  I share the opinion of Bell South that many of you do but 
>>have been pleasantly surprised at the reliablity of DSL. 
>>
>>I feel pretty lucky.  I get almost the 3 mbs that they advertise 
>>according to the speed tests I've done.  The last time around they 
>>reduced my costs, doubled my speed and gave me a static IP all for 
>>nothing.  I know, competition was the motivation, but it's not often 
>>these days you get more for less, except when buying a new computer.
>>
>>Jim (trusting my service won't degrade immediately 'cause of pride).
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>Jim -
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>I'm considering changing from Comcast in order to get a static IP for
>something that's not highway robbery.  Is your static IP *in addition
>to* a dynamic one?
>
>Jeff
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