On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, David Kempe wrote:
> > I understand this does not happen with the cable service
>
> Yeah cable is not reliant on PPP for auth, so it can easily give you back the
> same IP. Also it cable just doesn't disconnect no where near as much as ADSL.
> My Telstra ADSL is waaay less stable than a Dingoblue dialup.
> I dunno what i prefer anymore, stable 56K ($27/month) or unstable
> 500K(>$100/month).
> Somewhere in between would be nice.
>
Is there no way that the ADSL modem can be identified such that a lease of
at least some duration can be assigned. I understand that with the bigpond
direct service they will allow static IPs (?dhcp with permanent lease)
Richard.
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