On Mar 18, 2011, at 2:11 PM, Jeroen van Aart wrote: > Owen DeLong wrote: >> I'll point out that Comcast charges $5/month for a static IP on their >> business circuits. > > I get charged $6 for a static IP for a home internet connection (not a > business account). Although in the Netherlands xs4all will give you one for > free, so it depends. > In the US, Comcast won't give you a static on a home connection. You have to subscribe to business class service to get a static IP.
> I am wondering though, is it normal to charge around $5/month for rDNS on > that IP? I'd say a one time fee for the effort of adding the record to the > nameserver would be enough. But then maybe the consumer ISP gets charged by > their ISP for rDNS. > I've never had anyone charge me for hosting DNS or providing rDNS, but, I haven't needed anyone else to do that for me in so long that I have no idea what is standard now. >> This is not uncommon practice. I agree with you that it's undesirable, but, >> it's not uncommon >> among the access networks. > > I guess it's ok to expect a small fee when your consumer grade internet > connection gets a static IP. Given that many large ISPs force you to get a > business account if you want a static IP, and a higher price. > I think both practices are relatively despicable, but, widespread enough that perhaps I am in the minority. Hopefully this will get better in IPv6. Owen
