[Cialug] Internet access

[L. V. Lammert]

On Fri, 4 Oct 2013, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:

> I would not consider cable, just because (as far as i know, please
> correct me if i'm wrong) cable does not offer a static, routable IP and
> does not allow running servers.
>
Sure it does! You just have to provision them with business service, ..
just as DSL.

If you want to use 'residential' service, you have to use a dynamic DNS
provider just as DSL.

> And reliability is definitely important; my current ISP provides me with
> a modem, but i have to reset it every 1-2 months.
>
Sounds like DSL? We have had 30Mbps Charter service here in the shop for
many years, and have never experienced an outage. Residential service
even! [Have not figured out a way to multi-home the servers here that
could use the bandwidth, so we do not use Business Service.]

	Lee