Sorry... who is CL?
On 2021-11-18 14:25, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:
You think CBS service is pricey compared to residential? I pay
$79/mo for CBS for Internet only.
Well, admittedly I've not looked at CBS service in a while, I switched
from Cox to CL a few years ago when they implemented bandwidth caps,
and never really looked back, but that pricing seems not too bad now.
Someone probably realized folks were going elsewhere and decided to be
more competitive, plus with them offering even gig rates over cable,
50mbps sounds like crap so they can sell it cheaper, but would
probably still be adequate for me as that's about what I had on
residential when I left cox years ago. My torrents might take a bit
longer, but that's ok, and I don't have a house of kids (or even
adults) all streaming netflix at the same time to need more.
In the past, there was a significant drop in bandwidth for CBS from
residential services that took it well over 100 bucks (closer to $200)
to get a comparable CBS circuit, and because they've laxed a lot of
the port restrictions over the years simply wasn't necessary outside
maybe support to get someone out same-day if needed. Even when I
worked for them I thought it was overpriced.
I can't complain too much about CL other than lately congestion in the
evenings I can quantify (which Cox would too), and 125mbps down for
$55/mo is a win/win in my book over cox at half the bandwidth and
paying some $25 more per month. In the few years I've been with them,
I've had no hard outages either. I can still https to my firewall for
vpn, all I really need. Something to be said for legacy 2-wire
technology where available if you don't need 100's of mbps or gig
rates (which most really still don't).
-mb
On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 1:28 PM <techli...@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
You think CBS service is pricey compared to residential? I pay
$79/mo
for CBS for Internet only. I looked into residential a while ago
and
found that after that initial discount the cost of residential
service
for just Internet was about the same.
The difference I found was T.V. channels. The packages differ.
I may have hit my limit with running a server... may not need/want
to go
any further. Was satisfying to be able to be able to get things
running
though. Bind and Postfix/Dovecot where the challenges for me.
Especially
Postfix/Dovecot.
On 2021-11-18 13:15, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I am told I can rent more static IPs... I assume I will need
some
hardware to be able to accommodate more than 1 IP unless I am port
forwarding to different boxes.
Not really, just about any *nix-y system can accommodate that with
NAT
as a firewall/router/gateway, whatever you want to call it, with
one
ip or many. Even basic WRT-based systems ala netgear/linksys can
tend
to handle this in theory with basic network iptables features.
Probably best would be something like pfsync, which there is
plenty of
cheap gateway hardware out there that can run it, or any older
(ie.
cheap) enterprise firewalls.
Old days the biggest reason for multiple ip's was SSL requiring
1:1 IP
to DNS binding, but this has gotten easier out of necessity with
use
of Subject Alternative Names (SAN) as part of the certs. If you
need
the same external port being forwarded to multiple internal
ports/services is about the only other reason for multiple ip's,
but
as long as you can define separate ports for what is connecting to
it,
not so much.
When you get to the point you want to do so, more than few of us
have
probably done so to help you through it and understand the
concepts
once you know what you need/want to do.
Cox Business does not block any ports.
The only residential ports they block really relevant these days
is 80
for http (not 443/https, so why 80??), and smtp for email, but
these
days there is little reason to run your own smtp server unless
you're
just doing it to do it or honeypot spammers trying to hit you 24/7
for
no good reasons. I'd run sslvpn for remote access on https/443
just
fine on res service, I just need to make sure to type https://.
I am satisfied with Cox Business
CBS service is just pricey (compared to residential) to begin
with,
unlimited bandwidth and unblocked ports or not imho, but otherwise
about the best/cheapest "business class" service/support you can
get,
if you can get it in your hood.
-mb
On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:04 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
<plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
I've had a Cox Business account for maybe 8 years. I've only had
one
outage, and it was short. My package is a home office type of
plan.
I
am currently running a LAMP + BIND + Postfix + Dovecot on a
laptop
on my
single static IP. I am told I can rent more static IPs... I
assume
I
will need some hardware to be able to accommodate more than 1 IP
unless
I am port forwarding to different boxes.
I configured this server on a laptop to see if I could do it. I
am
a
PHP dev, with some light LAMP server experience. I still have a
lot
to
learn.
Cox Business does not block any ports.
Cox tells me there will never be any overages because on my plan
I
purchase a set up and down which cannot be exceeded.
I am satisfied with Cox Business
On 2021-11-14 11:21, Joe Neglia via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Any recommendations for a reliable ISP?
(Couldn't find any recent discussion in the PLUG archives, so am
asking here.)
I currently have a business account (I'm running a small server
on
a
static public IP address for my business), but am having a
*terrible*
time with my current ISP. Worked *great* for about a year, but
have
been having daily outages for about a month now.
Don't even want to say the name for fear of being sued for
libel.
They
were honest enough to admit it is an "internal issue", and have
no
ETA
on a fix. "[Their] technicians continue to work to resolve the
problem in [my] neighborhood. Currently, there is no estimated
time
for when service will be restored."
I get the feeling they don't have a grasp on the problem, as
when
I
call their status line they report an outage even when the
system
is
up. When my connection goes down, a modem reboot sometimes (but
not
always) gets me connected again.
Speed is not an issue. But reliability is! Any suggestions
would
be
greatly appreciated.
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