[Sussex] more broadband questions?

[John D.]

On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 11:05 +0000, Mark Harrison wrote:
> I have the non-Flex package from Eclipse, and have been very, very happy
> with them. The price has come down a couple of times without me needing to
> do anything about it (they appear to apply price reductions to ALL
> customers, not just new ones.)
> 
> In addition, the price is the same irrespectice of whether you need a
> dynamic IP address, static IP address or block of 8(6). If you are
> requesting a block of 8(6) you need to show a technical requirement - ie you
> need to demonstrate that you have services that CANNOT be run behind NAT.
> 
> A typical requirement that leads to a block of 8(6) being allocated would
> have to show in addition that you DO use NAT wherever possible. I enclose my
> submission below:
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> - Router (IP required)
> - Web Server (SSL required)
> - Email Server (MX records required)
> - Database Server (SSL required for remote admin)
> - 5 * Workstations (DHCP with NAT)
> - 3 * laptops (DHCP)
> - 1 * Videoconferencing workstation (static IP required)
> - 6 Network MP3 players (DHCP - no internet access required)
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Brilliant. I suspect that I'll only need the one IP address for the time
being, though as I learn about this kind of stuff it would definitely
come in handy to have that facility.

regards

John D.
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