[Tfug] why not cable?

[Brian Masur]

It does seem rather static, doesn't it?  I usually have mine for about six 
months at a time.  I noticed that if you go offline for an extended period 
of time, such as a day or two for example, you're a little more likely to 
get a different IP address.
  - Brian

>From: "Louis Taber" <ltaber at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
>Subject: Re: [Tfug] why not cable?
>Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:23:13 -0700
>
>Hi,
>
>I am using COX now for both phone and Internet service.
>I have had MUCH better custermer service than I had with Quest.
>No cable TV at all. (Though I haven't tried hooking it up to see if it is
>there.)
>DTV off the air works fine. (I can't say I have found any programs I really
>want to watch.)
>
>Cox seems to block ports 80 and 8080.
>No problems with VPN or SSH connections.
>It seem like I have a fixed IP address.  I don't think my IP address has
>ever changed.
>
>   - Louis
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