[ale] Comcast speeds

[cfowler]

Here is an idea.  What happens if you try and steal that IP?  If you are
assigned a DHCP address and you set as static in your device is their
DHCP server dumb enough to try and assign another person that address?
That is the way it works on Ethernet.  Their system may see this and
simply turn off your connection until you respond to DHCP messages.

On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 20:45 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 19:09 -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> > Unless you specifically requested a static IP and they agreed, 'having 
> > the same IP for the past year' does not make it a static IP.
> 
> Correct.  By definition it is NOT static.  By practice, and perception,
> it is.  This works for all practical, non-business, stuff like printing
> to my home printer when on the other side of the world.  I wouldn't
> recommend running servers or services, that others depend on, on any
> single pathed network, cable, satellite, twisted pair, or otherwise.
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
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