[ale] State of play re home Internet with static IP

[DJ-Pfulio]

Good info being shared for others considering, but it won't make any diff to you
or I.

There are many differences between our setups which could be cause for the
differences.
* 10 yrs ago
* Comcast Biz VoIP service + Biz ISP
* Splitters happen outside for Comcast
* Asked for TV on the biz account - how you ask questions matters
* Residential ISP was maintained for 6 months after Biz connection

Comcast isn't known for changing wiring if there isn't an issue.


On 3/5/19 10:26 PM, lnxgnome via Ale wrote:
> On 3/5/19 3:31 AM, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
>> I've been with Comcast Biz for almost a decade now. It is slow AND
>> expensive. They bumped up the price another $2 in January.  TV cannot
>> run over the same physical COAX as business Internet. Something about
>> residential TV restrictions. That means the TV COAX and ISP COAX with
>> Comcast will be separate.
> 
> Not so slow for me @ 75(90)/15(18) in Cobb, but yes to expensive. 
> 
> How "separate" do you think they meant?  I had both Residential TV/Internet and
> Business Internet coming into my home/office on the same coax for over a year,
> until I canceled the Residential service.  There are/were two dumb/passive coax
> splitters in the basement.  The first split TV and Internet to two locations (TV
> upstairs, Internet downstairs), and the second split the signal between the
> Comcast Business Gateway and my old Motorola SurfBoard SB6121. 
> 
> That worked fine unless the power went out.  The SB wouldn't re-sync as long as
> the Biz GW was connected.  Just had to disconnect the Biz GW long enough for the
> SB to sync, then reconnect the Biz GW and all was well in the world.
>