rogers with static IP ?

[James Knott]

David Colebatch wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> A company I'm consulting with at the moment have a rogers business cable 
> connection, but apparently it doesn't have a static IP.  Rogers don't seem to 
> support it (talking to their tech people) either.
> 
> Has anyone here had any experience with Rogers Business cable connections? Do 
> you have a static IP?
> 
> Also, does Rogers do any port filtering to prevent hosting services too?
> 
> I need to be able to host DNS, email (SMTP), web (80 and 443), and ssh.
> 
> At the moment it looks like I might have to recommend an SDSL 
> connection...unless of course providers here don't give static IP's there 
> either? :S
> 
> Any Ideas?

While they may not have static IPs, the dhcp addresses are virtually 
static.  As for filtering, you'll have to ask them.
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