New at Rogers.

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Wed Apr 2 14:43:58 UTC 2008


Neil Watson wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 08:06:32AM -0400, Aaron Vegh wrote:
>> Rogers ain't perfect, but they're the best choice out there if you're  
>> looking for fast home interwebz.
> 
> I wouldn't go that far.  Sure all ISPs suck and some just suck less than
> others.  Let's not forget that with Rogers you can't have a static IP
> address and some of your inbound ports are filtered (e.g. 25).
> 

while they use DHCP, the host name is static.  Also, they have a 2nd 
address for sending mail from off the network, which I regularly use, 
such as now, from work.  And of course, you can always use a VPN to pass 
anything.  I use OpenVPN with excellent results.


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