Southwestern Bell supprised me.  They just lowered their rates on DSL with
static IP's to $65 a month.  They'll even give you the option of buying up
to 128 IP's for a one time charge.  I'm amazed they went away from the
monthly fee's.  I'm switching from my current ISP where I have 32 IP's and
pay $79.  (BTW, if you switch it's a pain.  I'm having a new phone line run
with new, separate DSL on it to avoid the 3 week downtime they said it would
take it I cancelled my other service first.)  They guy I talked to there was
actually.... gasp... knowledgeable and friendly...  He insisted they had to
send a tech out but would be more than happy to use my spare router for the
new service.  Did hell freeze over while I wasn't looking?

Aaron

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cockerham, Bill" <Bill.Cockerham@aquila.com>
To: <kclug@kclug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 11:40 AM
Subject: RE: static IP options

> I have SWBELL DSL, and for $65 a month I am getting 5 static IP's.  They
> have no problem with me running my own DNS/Web/Mail, and will even change
> their DNS to re-point my IP's to my DNS server for reverse lookup.
> I have talked to people that have complained that DSL is slower than
cable,
> but I have no problems with it.  With the service that I have, and the
> undeniable fact that it is better than dialup.  I can't beat it.
>
> Just my 2cents worth
>
> Bill C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jose sanchez [mailto:j_r_sanchez@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 11:26 AM
> To: kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: Re: static IP options
>
>
>
> Using cable connection to host a couple of websites
> with low traffic is a great idea. I was thinking of
> getting a T1 circuit to host 5 websites but I don't
> think is worth it. I know the site will not have a lot
> of traffic. So, the best way to doing this is by using
> TWC. I wonder what they will do when they find out
> people are "exploding" their service.
>
> I still think it's a good risk though.
>
>
> --- Dustin Decker <dustind@moon-lite.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Bradley Miller wrote:
> >
> > > Why not just have a site hosted elsewhere?  I have
> > dedicated servers that
> > > are only $300/month from my provider.  That leaves
> > my DSL line open for
> > > what it needs to be doing.  I was just reading the
> > other day on pricing and
> > > other info and as we can see  . . . the free ride
> > might be over for
> > > $$cheap$$ high-speed bandwidth.
> >
> > I tend to agree with you, but when doing cost based
> > analysis I certainly
> > prefer $49.95 over $300.00.  There is also one
> > additional benefit: my
> > data is in the same building as me.  :)
> >
> > Dustin
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nobody really knows what happiness is, until they're
> > married. And then
> > it's too late.
> >
> >
> >
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