🚀 go-pugleaf

Its not a contradiction at all. You are given a subnet of ip address with a
/30, meaning that you have 2 useable addresses, one for the router, and one
for your computer. Your computer gets its address from the router via DHCP,
but its allways the same address, because there is only one in the DHCP pool
to choose from. There FAQ isn't contradicting, it should just be a little more
detailed.

Carl

Carl Lackey wrote:

> Well, I sent a question to telocity.  I asked about seeming contradictions
> in their FAQ.  They say they assign a permanent IP when you place your
> order.  They also say they use DHCP.  Isn't that a contradiction?  Anway
> their answer was nothing more than the url of the same FAQ.
>
> Not a good way to treat a potential customer.  I guess I could say that my
> first impression is not very good.
>
> Carl in Raleigh
>
> disgruntled bellsouth customer wrote:
>
> > Ordered Bellsouth ADSL 3 weeks ago.  Install  is scheduled for tomorrow.
> >
> > Just received a call today that they couldn't test my line because of
> > an address conflict.  I verified the address as correct.  It is the
> > same address they send my phone bills too.  It is the same address
> > they have come to on two separate occasions to fix line problems.
> > Apparently the guy who is supposed to test the phone line can't read
> > a map.  I live in an apartment building and the street only exists
> > within the complex and is about 300 meters long.  It is on any Thomas
> > bros. map printed within the last 5 years.  Fed Ex and UPS make
> > deliveries here all the time--I guess Fed Ex and UPS have higher
> > intelligence/educational requirements for their drivers than
> > Bellsouth has for their telecomunications technicians.  I don't
> > know if I want one of these dumbasses in my house now.
> >
> > The sad part is they have a big building on Strickland.
> > From my porch, using a 7 iron, I can hit a golf ball and hit their
> > building.
> >
> > What a bunch of idiots.  Now I got bounced back another 3 weeks.
> > After reading all the stuff on this group I knew something would go
> > wrong.  But I expected a more exotic excuse:  Time Warner-trained
> > squirrels eating wires, lightning strike, the-two-weeks-before-Y2K-bug
> > bug, something... but an imaginary address conflict 100 meters from a
> > major Bellsouth maintenance structure?
> >
> > The only reason I wanted Bellsouth is my company pays for
> > my phone bill and internet and Telocity can't put it on my
> > phone bill.  So I will just have to send in two bills instead.
> > A small price to pay to be free of  their crappy service.
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.