[ale] [OT] AT&T/UVerse going to carrier grade NAT?

[Geoffrey Myers]

On 06/07/2012 11:23 AM, Michael Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Geoffrey Myers
> <lists at serioustechnology.com <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 06/07/2012 06:58 AM, Michael Campbell wrote:
>      > ALErs,
>      >
>      > A buddy of mine on UVerse received a notice that he would have to
>     change
>      > his LAN from 10/8 to 192.168/16 for some "improvements" that AT&T was
>      > about to roll out 6-Jul.
>      >
>      > The buzz on "dslreports.com <http://dslreports.com>
>     <http://dslreports.com>" is that AT&T is
>      > moving to a carrier grade NAT setup, and will be issuing all
>     subscribers
>      > a 10/8 address, resulting in subscribers no longer having a publicly
>      > visible IP (static or not).
>
>     So what about those of us who pay for static IPs?  I'm on u-verse and
>     have not heard anything about this.
>
>
> I don't know.  I didn't know a static IP was even available or I would
> have also had one.  The rumor is that for $15/mo extra, they're going to
> allow people to have a (presumably dynamic) IP, which I have now for no
> extra cost.

I currently pay $15 for 5 statics.  I only wanted one, but that's they 
way the sell them.  This is uverse.

>
> Here's a thread on dslreports from one person who got the mail, and the
> flurry of supposition and such afterwards:
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r27139475-I-need-to-change-my-network-addresses-for-Uverse-expansion-
>
> I have a neighbor that works at AT&T, and *HE* can't get a straight
> answer from anyone there.  They're being extraordinarily cagey about the
> whole thing.
>
>
>
>
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Until later, Geoffrey

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