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On Mon, 27 Dec 1999 23:50:05 -0500, Carl <carl@mail.rtpsearch.com> wrote:
>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

Do we have 2 Carls here? When is a static IP dynamic? This seems like a
lot of rigamarol for a 'permaneant' IP. I am sure they have a reason.
Does it make it easier to reassign nameservers and such? Or?


>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.
>


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