[ale] Verizon Wireless IP

[Greg Freemyer]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Terry Bailey <terry at bitlinx.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just for the heck of it, I asked Verizon if it would be possible to
> obtain a static IP address for a netbook.  They said "yes" and that
> it would cost $500.  I suspect they got their IPs for free and it
> seems that they have a least one class A domain. In addition, I
> suspect that they may have multiple class As. To me, this seems to be
> border line immoral.  Is there a rational for this other than
> greed?  I know that version 4 IPs are becoming less available, but
> version 6 is just around the corner.
>
> I keep remembering that much of The Internet was made more useful by
> lowly graduate students making pittance.
>
> Terry Bailey
>

The biggest surprise to me is that they offer it at all.

I bet it's real pain technology-wise to let you have a fixed IP no
matter where in the country you are and as you move between wireless
technologies with your mobile device.  And given not many people ask
for that on their wireless devices, it seems like $500 might even be a
money loser for them.

fyi: It's nowhere near that expensive for permanent connections.  They
just have to ensure the one dhcp server you're connecting to has your
info.

Greg