Wulf, Jay (HEALTH) wrote:
Horst Herb [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
2.) There is absolutely no justifiable reason to charge extra for a
static IP
number for an "always on" connection - and honest good ISPs don't do
that. In
fact, Dynamic IP numbers are an anachronism from the dial-in era. I
use this
as one of the criteria to distinguish between reasonable and crappy
providers.
I can think of a justifiable reason.
Number of customers ISP has > number of IP address space ISP may have.
Traditionally that has always been the model ISPs work on, hence static
IP=Premium.
**Jay P. Wulf***
*Project Manager. **Health**//Connect //SA
//Health information when you need it.////
Irrelevant argument these days with IPv6 and the number of address
spaces available to it. Additionally the reclamation of unused IPv4
addresses adds back to the pool of available static addresses; 2024 is a
date whereby such IPv4 addresses may run out !!
Andre.
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