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Thread ID: 48456 2004-08-23 12:45:00 Orcon's 'FREE Static IP" is gone! :O george12 (7) Press F1
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264697 2004-08-23 12:45:00 When going to the Orcon website to look at the beautiful Bitstream plan that would bring me my static IP address today, I found to my horror that all mention of Orcon offering a static IP address had been removed.

I blame Telecom. Yes, I have read the press releases but this has still come as a shock. I guess I'll be getting cable instead.

I seriously HATE telecom for disallowing the static IP addresses, don't mind so much about the 10GB aggregate but...

X-( :_| :( X-( :_| :( X-( :_| :( waaaah!!!

There we go, my wrath has been released.
george12 (7)
264698 2004-08-23 12:48:00 Oh yeah, the actual point of this thread:

Does anybody know where I can get internet that is:

- about $50/mo
- as fast as possible
- about 3 GB / month
- static IP address

And allow serving. Just like Orcon before telecom decided to be a !@#$%^& (see above)

Cheers,
George
george12 (7)
264699 2004-08-23 13:29:00 Pardise Cable (www.telstraclear.co.nz) $60.80/mth for 5GB cap or look at bundling phone and TV for a saving - Packages (www.telstraclear.co.nz)

They have no problems with static and servers AFAIK.

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
264700 2004-08-23 20:32:00 well if you can i would play wait and see, orcon did say they were going to take it on the nose and keep flat rate with static ip but then govt stepped there useless so and so's in again too late as usual. So i would say they are going to wait and see what happens with that before they make anymore anouncements that telecon will willy nilly change :)

my two cents :)
Budda (2736)
264701 2004-08-23 21:35:00 If you email them when you get their ADSL product they will most likely give you a fixed IP address for free.. paulw (1826)
264702 2004-08-23 22:28:00 Just outa curiousity, can I ask what makes you suggest that Orcon would do that whilst other ISP's are requiring you pay for it? Chilling_Silence (9)
264703 2004-08-24 01:20:00 I asked and got.. paulw (1826)
264704 2004-08-24 02:07:00 If you are with Orcon, look at www.orcon.net.nz and check what it says there. Mine says:

DSL DSL access is currently enabled.
You have Jetstream access configured with a static IP address of 222.XXX.XX.XXX
You are currently online, and your IP address is: 222.XXX.XX.XXX.

You have attempted to connect 1 time(s) this cycle, and spent 38:00:04 hrs:min:sec online.
Jester (13)
264705 2004-08-24 10:29:00 I e-mailed them, the WILL give you a free static IP address, they're just not allowd to advertise it. Yay!

Rang XTRA and closed my Jetstream account today, and I signed up for Jetstream Surf at Orcon while I wait for Bitstream.
george12 (7)
264706 2004-08-25 09:22:00 Out of interest - what are the advantages and disadvantages of having a static IP? barmypom (6048)
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