-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 13:16:32 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jan 2012, Galen Seitz wrote: > >>> Argh!!! This affects me too. Our office in Beaverton has a >>> static IP from Spiritone/Frontier which is used for mail, web, >>> and ssh. Any suggested alternative connections supporting >>> static IP would be most welcome. > And please make these alternative connections visible to all of > us!
Megapath (formerly Speakeasy and Covad) might still provision static IP addresses to residential DSL customers in the Portland area via Seattle. I've had a measly 1.5Mb/300kb DSL link at Speakeasy for almost 10 years and one of its techs once told me that all its DSL links are static IPs. It's bridged Ethernet to the DSLAM at the CO about half a mile away and maybe to the Qwest office downtown, and the backhaul to the Seattle POP is ATM. Megapath is a national MPLS network that seems fairly reliable, although L3 had a couple of router glitches in Chicago in recent months. The DSL ($65/mo) plus Qwest line ($35/mo) charges add up to $100/month. I've been considering switching to a fiber connection from CenturyLink, but the inertia of not wanting to change my email address plus worries about Qwest blocking port 25 and its awful reputation for service have so far kept me from making the leap. I don't know if CenturyLink offers static IP addresses to its fiber broadband customers, surely others do. I don't think Megapath can resell fiber broadband in the Portland area, but its phone number is 800-556-5829. HTH, Robert -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk8Hv9QACgkQ+qYMIUkNJCzKWgCglSvZvTbJecdpCJ917xrsZgsh vmMAoIqlw1VjNXVuccJTvU1yciZfAS8z =s3tD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
