[ILUG] OT But esat unlimited has been scrapped

[Michael Kerrigan (Secretary)]

I am on the ADSl trial with eircom (finishing friday - grrr esat won't
let me back on no limits either), setup is dynamic IP and one IP per
person only so no multiple machine connections (even though they give you
a 4 port hub/adsl box?!?!?!?!?), servers work fine though as does
telnet ssh etc..., best answer is a dyndns account (or similar and then
auto update when you get your static IP assigned.

for anyone interested, for a while the system was running private IP
addresses which worked on a PPP over ethernet over PPP system *sob*, and
servers *obviously* didnt work then. However this changed towards the end
of the system. this did allow multiple IP's per person. 

Just depends on which system they decide to go with in the end, I am
assume Esat will do something similar....

~Mick
    


On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Liam Bedford wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 02:49:28PM +0100, Justin Mason came forth with:
> > 
> > Paul J Collins said:
> > 
> > > That said, 75 a month for an always-on connection would still save me
> > > money, especially since I could ditch my Web hosting provider
> > > (assuming they assign static IPs).  I guess I'm in.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, my guess is that static IPs, and maybe even the idea of
> > "running servers", will not be permitted.
> > 
> > I'm purely basing this on the "DSL hell" stories I'm hearing from the US,
> > btw.
> > 
> I don't see any compelling reasons for them to allow people to host stuff on
> a domestic line. Pay more, get a corporate line, they might allow it, but
> for personal stuff, they'll get more money by giving a no-servers system and
> then getting you to use their services. Plus, they don't have to worry about
> what you do with your system (run a mail server with no relay checks, leave
> file sharing turned on, etc).
> 
> I dunno what they will do, but I'd be very suprised if either static IP or
> running a server are part of the default package.
> 
> L.
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Michael Kerrigan
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