speed vs static ip

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So I will be moving soon. I am moving back to a city I lived for about 20 years (60 miles away from my current apartment). Since I have been gone TWC has started selling fiber services for home and business users to the tune of 50mb down, 5 mb up. I am current on business class, 10 down, 2 up w/ a static ip. I could get residential cable for about 30 dollars more a month (and get 50/5). If I want business (and my static ip) it will cost me about 200 dollars more a month. So the question becomes, what is the value of an IP address.
Notable facts:
- I do not host a web server from home, but I would like to at some point
- I do use remote access technologies but I know the ssh is possible over dyndns
- My router supports it without any issues
Any thoughts?
Notable facts:
- I do not host a web server from home, but I would like to at some point
- I do use remote access technologies but I know the ssh is possible over dyndns
- My router supports it without any issues
Any thoughts?
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Where are you moving, I thought you were in my area.
If you want to host some backend stuff or whatever from home you can dyndns instead of a static ip.
edit: example of what I'm talking about - http://virpus.com/premium-vps/
Moving back up 75 friend. We still need to do an ohio guy get together (technically the second one).
I don't know if TWC does it, but one thing to watch out for is a data cap. Comcast currently has a 250 GB/month cap. If you go over it twice in 6 months, they will ban you from their service. For me, that would leave me without high speed internet, as I have no other options where I live.
I run a web server, but it doesn't get a lot of traffic right now, mostly because I never got around to finishing the website, or giving the link out anywhere.
On a site note, I wish TWC would start offering fiber in my area. . .
I set up our accountant with a static VPN over a home internet connection served by time warner cable in North Carolina. We had this same discussion. It was decided that every time they got a new IP, I would simply go in and change the two VPN endpoints, it only takes a few minutes and they are back online. It has been 6 months and the IP has not changed. I think a dirty secret they don't want you to know is that their "dynamic" ip addresses are really pretty static.
im fairly sure you could do it in windows as well
so static isnt needed, save the cash
WGU MS IT Management: done ... double woot :cheers:
I've noticed that as well. I am thinking that I could just use a dyndns domain and setup openvpn or ssh to the box (the latter first, as soon as I can verify that there a functioning ssh app for honeycomb tablets).
I didn't even think about that. But that would require me to use an actual vpn server. I plan to use the openvpn implementation built into pfsense:
VPN Capability OpenVPN - PFSenseDocs
Now that I am thinking about it, ssh does sound a bit easier to setup.
It is dynamic however most cable providers "bind" IP to the MAC of the CPE (your device attached to the cable modem) so as long as you don't reboot your cable modem or change your router or network card your IP will be the same.