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[Tore S Bekkedal]

On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 19:52 -0500, Paul Koning wrote:
> >>>>> "Tore" == Tore S Bekkedal <Tore> writes:
> 
>  Tore> Here in Norway it's quite varied. Bluecom is a geek's favorite,
>  Tore> offering very reasonable static IP prices (about $100/year) and
>  Tore> stable net connections (3mbit down, 640kbit up = 70-80
>  Tore> ameridollars/month).
> 
> Having discovered dyndns.org, I no longer see the need for a static IP
> address.  I have a static name, that's good enough.  I can even have
> one for the TLD of my choice.  Maybe someday I'll have an xxx.aero
> name, that would be different...
Heh. I was unsure about the whole static IP thing, but some ISPs
(bluecom, I have found out through conversation, is not one) enjoy
changing your IP down to every 10 minutes or something utterly
rediculous like that.

The reason is that I want to make a multi-system public access network
of emulated machines. VMS, early UNIX, early (211/29) BSD, OS/360, and
some other things. But that turned out to be a non-issue, as Bluecom
doesn't really like switching your IP.

>  Tore> However, as the old saying goes, the only secure computer is
>  Tore> the one completely disconnected from any network. That is why I
>  Tore> recommend Telenor ADSL. :)
> 
> Or ADSL in general, it seems.  Having had ADLS at work, I no longer
> have any interest in that service, even if it were available where I
> live.  But the phone company says my address is on the "no plans this
> decade" list, so I use high speed cable instead, way faster than ADSL
> and available today.
Bluecom, as is most ISPs, is actually ADSL (or SDSL for businesses). In
fact, here in Norway, cable net is the crap service (mostly because of a
crap company holding the monopoly. In the start phase, their tech
support had over two hour waits when things broke (and break they did,
frequently)



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Tore S Bekkedal <toresbe at ifi.uio.no>