4 ms·
ISPs don't want this. They want to upsell you to a business service if you want a static IP. They'll just use dynamic IP allocation aka DHCP to make the whole t
by nly 4y ago
ISPs don't want this. They want to upsell you to a business service if you want a static IP. They'll just use dynamic IP allocation aka DHCP to make the whole thing really inconvenient.
- philjohn 4y ago*some ISP's don't want this. I'm on Zen in the UK and have both a static IPv4 (with additional IP's available for a relatively lot fee in blocks of 8 or more) and a /48 IPv6 block.
- mnd999 4y agoSame with A&A, although they are a bit more expensive than the likes of Sky / Virgin / BT it’s definitely worth it.
- AshamedCaptain 4y agoSo what? Almost for a decade, I used to have 15 IPv4 addresses with OVH _for free_, and this very December they decided to start charging for them. Before OVH, I also was with another similarly-cheapo ISP that gave me one IPv4 for free until they decided to start charging for it (and I left). It's just a matter of time. Of course if your ISP is expensive enough they'll just keep eating the cost for more years, but .. what's the point? One IPv4 is not that costly yet that is worth an expensive ISP over it...
- kkfx 4y agoFor sure, but while they do not want I DO WANT. With IPv4 they have a valid excuse: we do not have enough address, with IPv6 they have no valid excuse.