On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:34:20AM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote: > Getting off-topic now ... > > Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > > If It was for a company, I'd take more than one IP. However in my home > > env > >> - I don't have this option. Remember - US detains 75% of the entire > >> IP_Address pool. The remaining 25% are shared amongst the rest of the > >> world ... So - Static IP-Addresses are very expensive in Germany... Can't > >> afford more than one... > > >I do not live in the US, and I would not even consider using an ISP > >that did not provide a /29 block of static addresses for free, as part > >of their basic package. You shouldn't either. > > I see you have a UK address, so I'd be interested > to know which ISPs offer a /29 on residential > connections - at all, let alone for free !
I use Zen (http://www.zen.co.uk/) wherever possible. They offer free /29 blocks on all packages, even the cheapest ones (you just have to ask for it when ordering - they don't waste addresses on people who won't know how to use them). They also have actual customer support, rather than a callcentre with a script, and will sell you a real SLA if you want to pay for it, which is excellent for those pesky small-business ADSL lines. They are slightly more expensive than the competition's similar packages, but you get a lot more for your money. > PlusNet force you to have a fixed address on the > pacakge I'm on, some packages don't allow it, > others it's an option (it varies by package and > the packages change from time to time). I know > most don't offer a fixed address AT ALL (that > includes BT IIRC) on residential services, and > where it is available it's normally an extra cost > option (eg BT charge an EXTRA £5/mo on their > business connections). After a spate of mergers over the past decade, most UK ISPs are actually resellers for or subsidiaries of BT (who own plusnet), virgin (was NTL), or orange (was wanadoo). This means their offers tend to be more or less identical, and all of them suck, catering to the lowest common denominator of home users. There's about half a dozen independent ISPs who don't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
