Re: [TCLUG:5790] Score one for Linux!!

[serge@egel2.med.umn.edu (Serge M. Egelman)]

so then couldn't you just have a script that sends a ping packet every 20
minutes or so to keep the connection alive?  Is there anything that you need to
do to save the extra $100?

serge

Eric Estabrooks wrote:

> schewe@tcfreenet.org wrote:
>
> > On  4 May, Eric Edgar wrote:
> > > For 25 bucks does that come with a static IP?  If not that is where the
> > > cost difference probably comes in.
> >
> > If you go through Visi, you get 1 static IP.  USWest charges extra for
> > that.
> > --
> > Jon Schewe
> > schewe@tcfreenet.org
> > http://tcfreenet.org/~schewe
> >
>
> >From the mouth of visi http://www.visi.com/rates/isdn.html
>
> 1 Static IP non-dedicated metered access i.e. no web presence for the web
> server $45 for 128K ISDN
>
> Static IP non-dedicated unmetered access i.e. no web presence for the web
> server $150 for
> 128K ISDN
>
> Static IP dedicated unmetered (we have web presence at this point.)  64K
> ISDN $199
> Static IP dedicated unmetered ("") 128K ISDN $299
>
> The scenario the was described which included a web server on site not
> co-located requires dedicated access not just static ip.  Dedicated access
> means that requests can originate from anywhere in the world not just from
> within your site.  Non-dedicated access you have to be dialed in, in order
> to have net presence which is not 24x7 unless you are running unmetered and
> have a process keeping the conenction alive.
>
> Eric
>   estabroo@imageman.com
>
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