two questions

[Chris Janicki]

> Roadrunner does nothing odd with DHCP.  Your host will probably 
renegotiate
> its DHCP lease daily.  If you leave it up normally you will maintain
> your IP address.

> This is the only correct action on RR's part, otherwise they are
> interrupting your service.

Maybe I'm just being pessimistic, but there's nothing in my 
Mediaone/AT&T/RR/FlavorOfTheWeek contract that guarantees service 
quality/availability.  And I have heard at least two reports of analog 
modem ISPs that bounce all connections daily. Mediaone may not care now 
since the service is new, but as their customer base continues to grow 
and their bandwidth is stressed, they will likely look for ways to 
conserve bandwidth without allocating new resources.  

It won't be hard for them to figure out how bandwidth is being used.  
Once the numbers are significant, they'll take some action (annoyance 
tactics likely, not legal-related).  Till then, enjoy.

BTW, I'm betting they'll start bouncing connections by January 2002... 
any takers?  ;o) 

Chris
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