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>Steven Blunt wrote:
>> 
>> Are you sure, I was under the impression they gave you a new IP every hour
>> (to make it difficult to run a network or server off it).
>> 
>Haven't heard that one before, I suppose it's possible they could
>hand out IP numbers on a short lease. 1 hour seems pretty stupid
>but ....

>It would be pretty dificult running a server anyway coz (1) you don't
>own the IP number, and (2) you don't get a DNS entry.

Well... I rang Telstra tech support about this, and they said

1) they knew of some users who'd kept their IP addresses for months on end.

2) you can get a domain name by using a dynamic DNS - there are quite a few
commercial ones around that will do this for you (change your IP number whenever
you send them a new one), for a few dollars per month.  There used to be a free
service (which the Telstra techie recommended) like this run my ml.org, but it 
has since closed.

Personally, I wouldn't mind the charging scheme if only mirror.aarnet.edu.au was
charged at a lower rate :).


Peter Eckersley
(pde@students.cs.mu.oz.au)

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