On Sep 26, 10:26, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote:
} Subject: Re: Actcom without a dailer costs more
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 12:13:24AM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > On Sep 25, 14:28, "El-al, Netta" wrote:
> > You also had a static IP. As far as I know the low prices of the
> > other ISPs don't include a static IP. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> >
>
> I would like to know, if possible, what is the real price for the ISP to
> give a user a static IP. In dialup days, when a single IP address was
> shared by maybe 10-20 users because they were connected 1-2 hours a day,
> a static IP was more expensive for the ISP. But these days, when many,
> probably all the "static IP potential customers", have a router that is
> connected 24x7 and effectively do have a static IP, the only price I see
> is the cost of administration, not of the address itself. So I guess it
> should be low (or zero) and one-time. Am I far from the truth?
There are many things that their real price is determined by the market.
This is one of the things. On one hand, ISPs are willing to sell static
IPs because they don't get income out of them otherwise, and on the
other hand, some users would like to get static IPs. You should also
note the following:
1. In IPv4 IPs are not something that an ISP can very easily get
(this may change with IPv6).
2. Hence there are strict rules on when to give a static IP, that ISPs
must obey to.
3. Even though routers are tend to connect 24x7, yet with dynamic IPs
there is still a need for significantly less IPs.
It is interesting to note that most of the users don't want static IPs
(many don't know what a static IP is, and many others don't want to be
identified by a fixed IP).
> If I am right, it just means that you, Actcom, did the expected thing
> and gave away something that doesn't really cost you, while the other
> ISPs do the "evil" thing of using market forces to charge for something
> that should be free. I do not underestimate your brave decision, just
> shedding some light on it.
ACTCOM doesn't really give away static IPs. The other ISPs also don't
do any evil thing by directly charging for static IPs. It is just the
model of charging for static IPs which is different.
> I'd also like to thank you for your sincere and interesting answers.
I hope I was of some help here, even though I couldn't tell the "the
real price for the ISP to give a user a static IP".
> --
> Didi
Amir
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