Dan you hit it on the head, I didn't know how much business class cable was (WOW)! I pay about $55 a month for Qwest and ISP with 2 IP addresses. I pay yearly so I get a small break on the monthly that covers the second IP address ;-) DSL requires 1 IP for the modem and 1 IP for the router if you want to host a website, email, etc.. I do port forwarding so I could and have done a lot of tricky port stuff. DSL is now 1.5 down and 1 up, I know cable is faster 5 down but the up is slower then 1. If you have a website as I do the 1 up is real nice, I host a bunch of pictures for a friend and a Scout Troop. It took me several hours to down load the 4 FC3 32bit ISO's wasn't a big deal. I got about 165kbs so I was limited by the other end of the pipe not my end. I guess it's all a mater of how much speed we really _need_, I have 2 kids 10 and 13. I can still play CoDUO while they surf and play music. Yes I kick butt ;) Sam. Dan Rue wrote: >On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 05:46:14PM -0600, Wyl Newland wrote: > > >>I must have Qwest DSL specifically so that I can retain my static IP >>addresses. Do/can cable companies "bridge" me to my own ISP >>(Winternet)? Alternatively, do/can cable companies rent me a static >>IP address sub-network. >> >> > >When you have cable internet, you can not choose your own isp. > >To get a static or a subnet with comcast or roadrunner, you need to >upgrade to business class service, which, iirc, bumps it to $99/mo or >better. > >DSL is better because there is competition between the ISPs - though >speeds are still set by qwest as far as I understand it. The ISP's seem >to mearly support whichever speeds the phone companies set, but I could >be wrong on that point. > >Dan > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005