Tell Verizon to bring back FTP [telecom]

May 16, 2013 21 Replies

No, because the cable providers do not provide static IPs, except at extra cost to "business class" customers. I'm a T-W cable customer, my IP can change whenever my modem reboots which it does every couple of weeks. Maybe my IPv6 address block will be static.

R's, John

***** Moderator's Note *****

In the Boston area, just before my Comcast trial was over, I was getting a "static" IP address which was changed about once a month, for no discernable reason. It was, however, publicly addressable, so I could point my domain names to it using a dynamic DNS service.

Of course, as I wrote before, it was impossible to run any kind of server without using non-standard ports, and a glance at the server logs of a site I visited showed that all outgoing http connections were being diverted through Comcast's proxy servers.

Bill Horne Moderator

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