I'm not sure I completely understand this "static" ip discussion. I haven't checked to see if my ip is changing, but since I never turn my modem off, I'm not sure that my ip is changing. I'll just have to start checking. Of course, I don't see how it would impact me as I don't really work out of my house except an occassional VPN connection to my office, and my computers are turned off when I'm not home.
MMF -----Original Message----- From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Ha, Regional Cable Co in my little podunk town of 1000 (of when we've had DSL, Wireless, and Cable services for years) wants $250/month for a "Business Plan" with static IP's. Same plan I had for a remote warehouse with Comcast was $80. When I told them that they just said it's what we've always charged and isn't going to change. I just use DSL and no-ip to redirect my entire domain to my basement. Email, web, etc all work great. -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband As Steven Caesare said it would be nice to have a static IP at a reasonable price without a whole bunch of restrictions. Unfortunately Windstream deems a static IP to be part of a "business" plan and wants me to pay over $100 / month just for DSL (NOT counting voice services, etc) for 3 useable static IPs (5 total, IIRC -- 2 of the 5 are for their use - one for the modem, I think and one for the broadcast.) -----Original Message----- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Talking about no-brainers... In my area, DSL used to be the only broadband option. Eventually, the cable company started offering faster access for the same price. Do you think the local telco lowered their DSL rates, though? Nope. I guess they figured folks would keep paying the same price for slower speeds. They recently filed for bankruptcy protection. -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Well, just checked and my ISP has 6 Mbit internet available for the same price I'm paying for 3 Mbit. No brainer here... I just ordered an upgrade. :-) -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Geez! I'd be more than happy with 10-15Mbit speed, or even a "true" 6 Mbit. I don't have that option, AFAIK, with my ISP. -----Original Message----- From: hg [mailto:hgedr...@myrealbox.com] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband I always wonder the same thing. I even mentioned to two family members that there was an even lower unpublished tier available that would save then $20/month and after they changed to it they mentioned there was no noticeable difference. Always on, reasonably low latency and a couple Mb speed works for a lot of folks. -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband I agree John. My big activities at home are playing MMOs, for the most part. My Comcast connection at 6-12 Mb is just fine for that. I'm not running a business out of my home or anything. What are people doing at home, for "personal" reasons, that would need 50 - 100 Mbps down, and 50ish Mbps up? >>> John Hornbuckle <john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> 3/17/2010 11:08 >>> AM >>> I feel like such a neoluddite... I get 10-15Mbps at home via cable modem, and honestly that's plenty fast for 99% of what I do. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband >From what I gathered from this site, they just want to release the capping the ISP's do on the available bandwidth for the customers, not necessarily allow Internet for all citizens. ISP's truly have a large amount of bandwidth available to consumers, yet to control pricing and overhead they cap speeds and gradually release them on an accounting-time-period-basis. I have AT&T at my home, and the highest Mbps down available is 24Mbps, but compared to a year ago, its twice as fast. So it just happened to be available now instead of last year? If I were to pay $65/month for 100Mbps/50Mbps, I would gladly do it. So long as it's available. Knowing it's available yet being restricted is what is irritating. Jay Dale I.T. 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From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband I could run a cable up to you from our OC3... ;-) From: Jeff Johnson [mailto:jjohn...@hydraflowusa.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Though I would love to see the US and all broadband providers give us better services, my concern is at what cost? If I look at my home service, 24 Mbps down and 1.5 up, is running $65. That is pretty cheap, but still a LONG way from 100/50 Mbps. I am really curious what the government feels is "affordable access"? It would seem that only businesses would pay more than $100/month for service, but a business would require some type of SLA. At my office, I COULD get 100 Mbps service, but have no idea what the price would be. Considering 3 Mbps service is costing me $530 for a business line, I would not even want to consider the price. 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