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I only meant "renting" a reachable IP from some third party. I think that's realistic. However what you describe -- building out your own infrastructure -- s
by __b__ 10y ago
I only meant "renting" a reachable IP from some third party. I think that's realistic.
However what you describe -- building out your own infrastructure -- still remains a lofty but worthy endeavor for anyone with the skills and determination.
- pjc50 10y agoNo, third parties can change your IP address on fairly short notice (days or weeks) for their own reasons. And of course you can't change provider without changing IP either.
- __b__ 10y agoBut if and how frequently such changes occur depends on the third party. And as you say, the terms should require adequate notice. Businesses of all sizes rent stable IP addresses. Some ISPs in some countries also provide them to non-business subscribers as part of the standard subscription. It's really not too difficult to have a persistent IP address for an individual who only needs reachability and is not trying to run a high traffic, global enterprise. Avoid the popular large, high-volume providers. Obviously do not use something like AWS.