[Sunhelp] DSL question (kinda offtopic)

[Keith Ketchmark]

Jonathan

I use qwest DSL 640K Download 256K upload. with 5 Static IP's. I pay
about $80.00 per mth.
I am very happy with there price and speed.

Thanks Keith



Jonathan Eisch wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> My DSL provided wants to charge me business rates (costs 7x more), so
> I'm wondering what other providers polocies are.
> 
> First, I have a SparcStation Classis (this is the on-topic part) doing
> my NAT, so they call that a server and want to charge me for for that,
> but they are too dumb to confirm it beyond the fact that I was talking
> to a guy about my setup who then talked to them, and I'm well know as
> the town UNIX guy (I don't know much, but that's a lot more than anyone
> else).
> 
> Second, I talked to their management and got them to give me a static
> IP, just so I can telnet in and grab the occasional file.  They want to
> push me up to a business account for that.
> 
> So, the question is, does anyone have a provider that allows them to use
> a unix box as a NAT box, and does anyone have to pay business fees to
> get a static IP?
> 
> I currently pay $50 for a 384k (downstream, not sure upstream), and they
> want $300 for a 512k business connection (plus some cheapo useless junk,
> like 5 e-mail addresses!)
> 
> -Jonathan
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