[PLUG] Returning to SW Portland after 6 Years- Suggestions for Broadband incl Cable , DSL & Fiber Optic.

[Russell Senior]

You can get 5 static IPs from CL for a fee.  The setup is egregious (a
single was $75, a /29 is a little more) and the monthly is tolerable ($10
for a single, more for a /29).

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:51 AM, Tom Sharples <tsharples at qorvus.com> wrote:

> As you said you don't know all the details.
>
> We need those 5 static IP's, and hat's why the cost is what it is. We have
> hundreds of embedded devices out there, some over 10 years old,  that
> upload to servers behind those IPs and it's not worth it to screw around
> with getting those to work reliably with IPv6.
>
> Tom S.
>
>
>
> On 8/1/2018 12:53 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
>
>> I do not know all the details, but $115 per month for 75Mb/s internet does
>> not show/prove any ability on your part to negotiate a price. On the
>> contrary.
>>
>> If you think that that is good deal, perhaps because of the 5 IPv4s - I
>> would look into AWS or using IPv6 + DNS + 1Gb/s @ $70/month CenturyLink.
>>
>> For $57.50 per month for the next 3 years fixed contract, I will teach you
>> how to do it and even maintain the setup for you.
>>
>> -T
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 11:27 AM Tom Sharples <tsharples at qorvus.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've had the basic slow Comcast business service with 5 static IPs for
>>> years. I recently called them and threatened to go over to centurylink
>>> if they didn't give me more bandwidth. After about 15 minutes of
>>> haranguing they did agree to give me 75 down and 20 up for three years
>>> at just another $20 a month (so $115 total) which is around $30 / mo
>>> less than their regular price for that package over here in the Couve.
>>> So there is some ability to negotiate.
>>>
>>> Since making that upgrade I have also noticed that every once in a while
>>> my upstream speed is way faster than downstream. Just tested it at 101
>>> mb/s. Not sure why.
>>>
>>> Tom S.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/28/2018 4:44 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
>>>
>>>> My main advice is, as companies, they are all horrible. The service
>>>>
>>> itself
>>>
>>>> is usually okay, the prices and policies are all "take-it-or-leave-it"
>>>> (Comcast might be more likely to cut temporary special deals, but you
>>>> usually have to have long telephone conversations every 6 months or so
>>>> to
>>>> keep them in place). CenturyLink has some innovative (i.e. fraudulent)
>>>> billing practices that they are currently being sued over. So, shop
>>>>
>>> around.
>>>
>>>> Play one off against the other to the extent you can. DSL is a dead-end
>>>> product, so I'd avoid it. Maybe some day we'll have a municipal fiber
>>>> system, but not for a few years under the best case scenario.  I have
>>>> the
>>>> CenturyLink gigabit service. They are fraudulently charging me $5/month
>>>> more than they said they would. No transfer cap, I paid extra for a
>>>>
>>> static
>>>
>>>> IP ($75 setup + $10/month).  Total on the last bill was $95, but should
>>>>
>>> be
>>>
>>>> $90. I rarely see more than ~30Mbps from any real service, but
>>>>
>>> speedtest.net
>>>
>>>> says I'm getting close-ish to a gigabit. Usually upstream speeds
>>>> register
>>>> higher than downstream. If you are going to upload big files, fiber has
>>>> a
>>>> practical advantage over cable, which tends to have pretty low upstream
>>>> speeds (which they don't talk very much about because "you are a
>>>>
>>> consumer,
>>>
>>>> dammit").  CenturyLink has lower speed tiers for less money, but I
>>>>
>>> believe
>>>
>>>> there are monthly caps.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 3:32 PM, mitch Stanley <
>>>>
>>> webuyhousesphxaz at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi, We are moving back to SW Portland , & we only had the choice of
>>>>>
>>>> Comcast
>>>
>>>> Or Century Link for Broadband, I believe I'm still restricted to them
>>>>>
>>>> but
>>>
>>>> if you have a link ,advice  ect please email
>>>>>
>>>>> me  directly Or post on PLUG.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in Advance  , Mitch Stanley
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