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On 03/09/2010 12:02 PM, Emerson, Tom (*IC) wrote:
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color="#0000ff">Hello Claude - to answer your questions to me
originally, I still have 384k sync (up and down) for the same reason as
you (static IP and a specific clause in their TOS that allows me to
"run a server") A few weeks back I was cold-called to "upgrade" to
u-verse, and I specifically asked them if they provided a static IP -
she had to ask someone, but did come back and say "yes, that is
included" - I'm not really holding my breath, but it does sound like a
step in the right direction. (<span class="864584819-09032010"><font
face="Courier New" color="#0000ff">also, while talking to the
cold-caller, I mentioned I wasn't interested in the "other" features,
so I was told I needed to shop online for it as she could only sell me
a "bundle", but it was available separately.)</font></span></font></span></div>
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Yep. You can get internet only. <br>
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<div><span class="864584819-09032010"><font face="Courier New"
color="#0000ff">For a while I was without phone service at all [good
with the bad - I was "on" the internet too much anyway, so this
provided a nice break - besides, the only people that called ME were
telemarketers...] turns out they had replaced the local "green box"
with a new "beige box" about 50 yards farther away [but still close
enough I could hit it with a strong throw - it's downhill :) ] and
when they did, they forgot to connect my line (or else the connection
was "loose" and finally fell off) In any case, that new "beige" box
is, of course, fiber; the last couple hundred yards is likely copper,
but maybe they could run fiber as well (not sure what the reqs are at
that distance)</font></span></div>
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Look into VDSL for all the details. Fiber in the loop, fiber to the
node are a couple things to look up. If you want to really get down and
dirty, buy a copy of Implementing ADSL. <br>
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<div><span class="864584819-09032010"><font face="Courier New"
color="#0000ff">since my "modem" is the old "alcatel 1000", which
apparently is a piece of crap (though it works fine for me), if I
"upgrade" I'll probably be given a new modem (and, as someone pointed
out, probably be forced into ppoe or similar) Does anyone know what
the actual "top speed" for the alcatel is? maybe I can convince them
to simply upgrade the existing connection if it will work...</font></span></div>
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What's wrong with PPPoE? I run a PPPoE client on my Cisco 1841 edge
router and just leave the modem in bridge mode. This lets me have full
and complete control over my WAN connection. Port forwarding/QOS etc
etc. DHCP is a huge amount of overhead and security risk. One giant
layer2 domain. Ethernet doesn't scale for WAN access networks. With the
PPPoE stuff everyone is in their own vlan and it's a point to point
technology. It's somewhat convoluted, but works very very well. Look at
Redback or Ericson products, l2tp aggregation etc etc. <br>
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Maybe I should give a talk on this or something.... <br>
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