> -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Ashworth [mailto:j...@baylink.com] > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 1:47 PM > To: NANOG > Subject: Re: FTTH CPE landscape > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Owen DeLong" <o...@delong.com> > > > > It differs from a bridge in that *it requires a chunk of routable IP > > > space to put behind it*, and a route to go there. For the specific > > > situation I posited, a consumer connection, you can get a static IP, > > > but you *will > > > not* get routable space; you have to go to a business connection for > > > that, at 2-4 times the cost. > > > > That really depends on the ISP, doesn't it? > > Sure. If you'd prefer, substitute "large, consumer ISP -- on the order of > Verizon DSL or Road Runner". Both of those have told me that in the past, > and, these days, I don't think they're unrepresentative of the common case.
Knology DOCSIS (residential) here in Huntsville uses a bridged CPE, Arris brand. I like that, as I can use my own router and handle any NAT if I want.
