rogers with static IP ?

[David Colebatch]

On Tuesday 29 March 2005 16:56, Robert Brockway wrote:

> I've never come across any cable connections anywhere in the world that
> offer a static address.  

Thanks Rob.  Maybe I'm confused, but I thought BigPond and Optus back home 
both had static IP's.  For sure Optus had been blocking ports though, to 
prevent the running of services.

> This is not a technical limitation since it is 
> trivial to make a DHCP reservation permanent.  It seems to be a cultural
> aspect of the use of cable.
>
> If they want static they'll need to go with DSL or another technology.
>
> Plenty of DSL providers offer static addresses now.
>

Ok, thanks for your help.

Rgds,

David
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