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Old August 14th, 2003, 11:47 PM

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Well, for what it's worth..

I'm using Time Warner Cable's Roadrunner. I have a DLINK Firewall/Router with NAT, so I can run more than 2 machines on my cable provided internet service. I'm also running a website, off a PC in my room. My particular provider has not forced an IP change down to my router, since I hooked it up. It has stayed constant with several router reboots, and 1 overnight outage of electricity.

Roadrunner, locally, does NOT use static IP's. I don't know why the IP hasn't changed, but my website has been up and running continueously (sp?) for about 5 months.

What does it matter if the ISP catches you? They might upsell you on a static IP. Are you saying that they won't LET an individual run a website, unless they pay for a business account? That seems unreasonable, Geo.

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Old August 15th, 2003, 12:09 AM
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Is it back up yet, Is it back up yet, Is it back up yet, Is it back up yet, Is it back up yet, Is it back up yet, Is it back up yet,
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Old August 15th, 2003, 12:33 AM
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What does it matter if the ISP catches you? They might upsell you on a static IP. Are you saying that they won't LET an individual run a website, unless they pay for a business account? That seems unreasonable, Geo.
Unreasonable or not that is their policy. It's not my policy. And I am talking specifically about Roadrunner here. Read your contract. I am not going to get into a discussion of whether it's ok to do or not. I am simply not going to do it.

The cable modem idea has been brought up several times now. I have researched it and it's just not a good option for PBW. I'm just gonna leave it at that rather than continuing to respond to every point brought up.

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Old August 15th, 2003, 02:31 AM
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So anyway for those that read my email that I posted a while ago, Perry called me. Guess he sensed the frustration in my email.

He is taking ownership of the problem and will be my own personal whipping boy if things aren't resolved pretty soon. There is aparently one mroe piece of equipment that the phone company has not verified yet even though the DSL company asked them to. That will be checked in the morning.

If that doesn't fix it the next step is to get a DSL and phone company tech out at the same time to coordinate and find the problem. Apparently that is something that is difficult to get done. It sucks, but I can understand it knowing how hard it is to get an exact time a field serv ice tech is going to be onsite. This is true even with my company.
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Geo, I felt your letter was an excellent one.

There is a fine line between expressing frustration in a civilized way by keeping it focused on the problem and expressing frustration which degrades the person or the organization to which it is being directed.

With the second way of expressing frustration, there is always the possibility the recipient will "tune" it out to some degree, which results in an even greater lag time for service to resume. Or orse, it may never get fixed.

I think it is excellant that your letter has resulted in someone taking personal responsibility for the problem. That is absolutely huge! Until someone does, the odds are good of being shunted around and not get anywhere.

A lot of suggestions have been made in this thread.

I appreciate your concern for keeping costs low. Being desperate to play PBW, we may be willing to accept significantly higher operating costs in the short run (i.e. now ). In the long run, it may be quite a different story where "someone' will have to be on the front line to obtain funding.

Which will create another headache.

I want to go on record that I appreciate your efforts. I am in support of your having the system with which you are most comfortable with.
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[quote]Originally posted by General Woundwort:
[QB]A woman... a woman on the SEIV Boards...

GREAT! It'll be fun! Force all you guys to start cleaning up your act

Correction: "Women". Although I would agree, men are the dominant half of the species in SEIV. Yet many women find the challenge of 4X games rewarding.
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I want to go on record that I appreciate your efforts. I am in support of your having the system with which you are most comfortable with.
I agree! Thanks Geo.
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