Comcast setup & cable modem fees - decision

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "GM" == Gordon Marx <gcmarx at gmail.com> writes:

    GM> On 21/03/06, Laura Conrad <lconrad at laymusic.org> wrote:
    >> I have a static IP.  And it is fun, and very useful when I'm
    >> collaborating with people.  I just emailed all the regular singers in
    >> my Renaissance Band to vote on what key we should sing something in,
    >> with a pointer to the PDF file I just created.

    GM> What about having a static IP address helped you with that? I have a
    GM> dynamic IP address and can both email people and send links to local
    GM> files (assuming I put them [or a link] in public_html).

It's not really the static link, it's the fact that there's 
dns, so I can refer to it as serpent.laymusic.org.  But the static
link makes that easier.  I also have reverse dns so that I can run my
own server.  I had a lot of problems when my line was down last spring
and I was on dialup.  (I made a list of them on my blog:
<http://serpent.laymusic.org/cgi-bin/lconrad/blosxom.cgi/2005/05/12#050512-dsl>)
Yes, I know I could have eventually solved them
all, but it was nice getting my DNS back.

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