Hi Eric,
You can pay for a static ip address and be upgraded to the business account. We have this setup at 2 of our schools. We have point-to-point vpn connections over them. It works pretty well. It costs $30 or $40 dollars a month for our service. Your best bet is to go into the local office and talk with them in person. I went to the South Burlington office.
Jeff
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>>> On 6/29/2007 at 9:59 AM, Eric Hall <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> All - <br><br>I have wondered this myself (we are also on Comcast). =
> However they can only provide service where it is available=21<br><br>I =
> have not been closely following the conversation about free broadband =
> because we already have it, however Comcast recently made an (unannounced) =
> change to our =22complimentary=22 connections by blocking a bunch of ports =
> that we use. At issue is the fact that they only provide =22residential=22 =
> and not =22business=22 service, so we live with a dynamic IP and some =
> blocked ports. I have been trying to get through to someone at the =
> Corporate level to work on getting us a complimentary business account =
> (which I have been told is now an option) but little luck so far. My =
> tolerance for being bounced around from office to office is low this time =
> of year.<br><br>Back to the issue: Even though we are currently getting =
> about 3.6MBps for free, it is not perfect. Having a more stable connection =
> and (more importantly) someone who I can easily contact if there are =
> issues would be a plus. Meanwhile we're OK with =22status =
> quo=22=21<br><br>Eric<br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: =22Paul =
> Wood=22 <pwood=40RNESU.ORG><br>Sent 6/29/2007 9:38:52 AM<br>To: =
> SCHOOL-IT=40LIST.UVM.EDU<br>Subject: Adelphia - =
> Comcast<br><br><pre>***********************
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> Hello to the many dynamic minds of the listserv.
>
> We have Comcast at many of our locations provided for free, because my =20
> understanding is that what used to be Adelphia is a monopoly.
>
> If there is this big initiative to bring more and cheap bandwidth to =20
> Vermont how will this affect my schools? If Comcast/Adelphia isn't a =20
> monopoly then they wouldn't have to provide free Internet, thus =20
> increasing each local budget by =241,000 =13 =241,500.
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> What are your thoughts?
>
> humbly,
> --=20
> Paul Wood
> IT Coordinator, RNESU
> <a href=3D=22http://rnesu.org=22 target=3D=22_blank=22>http://rnesu.org</a>
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> P. 802-247-5757 x17
> F. 802-247-5548
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