> Or "broad-band-ly speaking"?
Yes, exactly... :-) > AT&T Broadband Internet will not give you a static IP or permit > you to run a server (they have blocking hardware in place) unless > you sign up for "business service", which means you give them > about four times the monthly fee vs. a "home" connection. Hmm. I don't see where the original post mentions any specific ISP - thus this is simply the policy of a single ISP, and not the one the poster is on? (In fact, it looks rather like the poster is in Dear Old Blighty... ;-) Given the current plethora of misconfigured proxies spewing SPAM, I have to admit I'm not as incensed by this as I might once have been. If you don't like this policy from your ISP, vote with your wallet. If you have no other choice in your area, then you have my sympathy. You could always move... :-d PacHell (and many other DSL providers) don't gouge you for a static IP, I'm happy to say. > Their technical FAQ is also enlighteining on their need for a MAC > address: http://www.bbs.att.com/faqstech.shtml . Hmm, I didn't actually find it to be so. Other than mentioning how to find your MAC on 'Doze box, I saw no reference to it at all. Perhaps I missed (or failed to intuit) something? Regards, AS
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