Re: [TCLUG:15736] MediaOne

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

I have a cable modem, it works well, 
you get one dynamic IP, and you can purchase 2 more dynamic's
the bandwidth is steady for me, and I havn't noticed any incoming port
blocks.. we can even use napster :)

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Tim Neu wrote:

> 
> Question for you MediaOne'ers (and ex-MediaOne'ers). 
> 
> With a cable modem, do you get assigned a private IP address, or a valid
> public IP address? 
> 
> I.e. if you have a linux box on mediaone's network, and you know its IP,
> can you telnet/ssh/ftp/etc to it from the internet?
> 
> I, too cannot get DSL.. (funny, since I do have ISDN currently) - however
> I need a connection that I could use from the outside world as well.  
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