For the old timers

Jason Carson jason-HjkH5KTEMfuEjziKL+yzSg at public.gmane.org
Wed Jun 2 19:24:53 UTC 2010


> On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 11:09:08PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
>>   I'm with Teksavvy, but I still keep a dialup account as a backup.
>> It's with 295.ca.  Wanna guess how much they charge per month?  I
>> deliberately have my backup account with a different provider than my
>> broadband account.  The idea is that if Teksavvy were knocked out by
>> bankruptcy, or even temporarily by mundane backhoe or server problems,
>> both their broadband and dialup operations could be affected.  By using
>> two different providers, I reduce the "single point of failure"
>> exposure.  Note that I said "reduce", not "eliminate".  Both dialup and
>> ADSL operate over the same phone line.  To eliminate that, I would have
>> to subscribe to cable Teksavyy internet (currently being rolled out in
>> the GTA; see webpage http://teksavvy.com/en/res-internet.asp#cable ) and
>> 295.ca telephone dialup.
>
> Hmm, so same speed as rogers cable, unlimited transfer, lower price.
> Might just be worth the hassle of switching.  Too bad they don't have
> static IP available on the cable option.
>
> --
> Len Sorensen

I need a static IP so I emailed TekSavvy and asked them if they will be
offering static IP's for their cable service and this is what they said...

"There is no word on this, but I imagine it will be available in the
future. I am sure we will send out an email to all of our clients once it
becomes available."

So I guess we will just have to wait and see.

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