Re: RE: ISP Questions

this is because you all share the bandwidth of the cable, if one of the
people on your section starts running a webserver etc then the other
customers available bandwidth will decreace and you will get a slower
conection.

Paul Roberts

roberts_paul(at)bigfoot.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tamara" <tamara(at)abbeyink.com>
To: "St�phane Bergeron" <stephberg(at)videotron.ca>; <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: RE: ISP Questions


At 12:14 PM 6/20/2001 -0400, St�phane Bergeron wrote:
>>The real draw I had to DSL was the static IP address and hosting
>>ability.  This
>>was something that cable wasn't willing to provide.
>
>Why not?  Mine is a static IP address since my connection is permanent.

My cable internet service provider also forbids using my IP as a static IP
and server. And the service is /residential/ -- even using it for a small
business is technically off-limits here. I don't usually read service
agreements, but this one is pretty big and bold in the booklet they left
with me.

I think this might have to do with the regulation of the cable industry in
general. In Illinois, USA, anyway, most cable providers (until recently
that meant television only) have service agreements and/or franchises with
municipalities that allow them to provide certain services to the residents.

This is going back to my newspaper days when I would report on the big, bad
cable companies who would pull a certain station because a new *local*
station showed up or maybe when they went to city councils and
negotiated/renewed their franchise agreements. As I recall, these
agreements can be very specific as to what the cable provider can and can
not do.

Anyway, that's my theory about the cable industry and why they're so
adamant about the types of service they provide.

<tamara />

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