[Wylug-discuss] ADSL migration

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On Fri, 12 May 2006, John Hodrien wrote:

> dynamic IP isn't that big a deal, since if you keep the connection up it's
> static, and with most even a reboot keeps the same IP as long as you stay
> within your DHCP lease.

Apart from you may get an IP from your DSL router using DHCP - DSL itself 
is PPP and gets IP addresses using the PPP LCP, there is no DHCP involved.

Which usually means that if the PPP link does have to be brought back up 
and you're on a dynamic provider, you will 99.9% of the time get a 
different IP.

There have been discussions of PlusNet in this thread, before anyone even 
slightly considers them, look through dejanews for posts from the MD "Lee 
Strafford" - usually being ripped apart for being clueless and trying to 
either "apologise" for or defending hosting spammers or some other really 
stupid no-brainer.

There's a famous thread involving Lee Strafford and either Clive Feather 
or Malcolm Muir where he really does dig a very deep hole - can't place it 
at the moment though.

I know a number of people of people who actually live in Sheffield, they 
wouldn't even slightly consider working for Plusnet, they'd rather commute 
out, it has that bad a reputation as an employer and ISP.

Though a friend in Sheffield did actually go for an interview there once, 
as a sort of joke, they spent the first half hour ripping the piss out of 
the company he was working for - hmmmm, professional.