Comcast, VZ-DSL, Galaxy; and service differences/problems

Dan Ritter dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org
Wed Nov 3 12:17:29 EDT 2010


On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 12:00:11PM -0400, Ethan Schwartz wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Jim Gasek <jim-ESJ+pY3k0/ZeoWH0uzbU5w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> BTW, to get a static IP w/ their business service Comcast charges a $15/mo
> premium for 1 IP ($20 for 5 IPs).  Verizon DSL requires you to move to their
> $85/mo 10-15Mb/1Mb DSL tier to be able to get a static IP, and then they
> charge a simply outrageous *$70* premium for it, a total of $155/mo... and
> from my experience many people end up too far out to actually see anywhere
> even close to those download speeds on DSL.

If you live in a neighborhood where RCN cable is available --
adding a static IP to any network service is $5/month.

-dsr-


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