[ale] OT: Comcast

[Jim Popovitch]

Here's a link to a preso on Comcast's move to IPv6.  It was presented 
yesterday at the NANOG 26 meeting in San Jose.  Quite interesting details.

http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0606/pdf/alain-durand.pdf

-Jim P.

Geoffrey wrote:
> Amen Jerald.
> 
> Jerald Sheets wrote:
>> The $5/mo charge is for a total of 5 static IP's with SpeedFactory.
>>
>> I have all 5 utilized from DNS to WEB to MAIL and SSL Webhost.  The
>> last one is the firewall/gateway into my client machines all over the
>> house.  Single IP - 5 machines.  It works out *very* well for me, and
>> for the price of cable TV (which I finally ditched), I can have 3M
>> service with 5 IP's, manage my own DNS, WEB, and Mail, and don't have
>> to be bugged with waiting on someone else to make something happen.
>>
>> I have had maybe 3 dropouts in the 2 years I've been here.  Two were
>> Bellsouth's fault, and the other was Katrina's fault.
>>
>> I've always wanted a place that would just gimme some IP's,
>> bandwidth, and leave me the hell alone.  Speedfactory foots that
>> bill.
>>
>> The support guys are all Linux savvy too, which helps out a lot if I
>> ever need to call in.  I never get a "reboot it" or such.  I can't
>> tell you how nice it is to not get some kid with a notebook full of
>> canned answers or a mid-life loser with no concept of anything
>> outside of his windows "hard drive" at home.
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