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| 64060 | 2002-07-21 07:58:00 | I have jetstream with paradise net and have had a lot of problems connecting.It seems that there is a shortage of IP addresses,that is according to the customer services person I spoke too.So who is to blame for this? Paradise or Telecom? I get pissed off that I have to go back to dial up,when i pay more for Jetstream.Comments welcome. | andrewc (1143) | ||
| 64061 | 2002-07-21 09:29:00 | Who's your ISP, paradise? I'm not sure exactly how DSL works in the way of IP addresses. But I assume that it must be the responsibility of the ISP (not Telecom) to supply the IP address. Either way it is unacceptable. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 64062 | 2002-07-21 12:27:00 | There is a WORLD WIDE shortage of IP addresses. The Net is far more popular than was expected. This has resulted in ISPs being allocated limited numbers. This makes them a tad reluctant to hand out permanent addresses as it's one less for the sharing pool. |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 64063 | 2002-07-22 03:46:00 | Here is the response I got to my e-mail to Paradise. I am hoping to get ADSL next month. "At present we are having a technical problem with a shortage of IP addresses. We have a request lodged with Telecom (who control the issue of ADSL IP addresses) for more and we expect to have this sorted within the next week." |
Big John (551) | ||
| 64064 | 2002-07-22 03:49:00 | Really sounds quite pathetic. Is yours a dial up or always on ADSL connection? I would get on and stay on if I was you, just means others will miss out. I would strongly suggest refunds or credits would be in order. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 64065 | 2002-07-22 06:04:00 | Well it doesn't help that there is a whole Class A IP that is dedicated to your own machine. As well as a lot of tertairy institutions having class B addresses and not utilising the full amount. Most tertairy institutions could get a way with just using NAT. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 64066 | 2002-07-22 06:20:00 | What is annoying me the most is the fact is i can go to dial up and get connected(they still have to asign an IP to you right?!).But can't do this on ADSL.Not good. Besides my backup;dial up is charged by the hour(gonna push for a credit).I don't want my computer running all day when i am not there.So am not gonna just leave it connected.Reminds me when i was on the Ihug satellite service- It never worked when you needed it! | andrewc (1143) | ||
| 64067 | 2002-07-22 06:56:00 | The basic problem is that there IS a major shortage of IP addresses due to the way they were originally set up. An ISP purchases a range of addresses and assigns x number of them to the dial-up modems. e.g. They might have 10 modems for 100 customers so 1,000 customers = 100 IP addresses assigned to the modems. Then they have other customers who require a fixed IP address. This means 1 customer = 1 IP address. This tends to gobble up the extras. Throw ADSL modems into this shortage and they have problems. Now with good planning when it comes to ADSL they estimate how many extra IP addresses they need before offering the service and acquire them. If they get their estimates wrong - there's a shortage. If the ISP didn't plan well enough - then the problem is theirs. If, however, they ordered them correctly from Telecom and Telecom said Yes then didn't supply - it's a Telecom problem. |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 64068 | 2002-07-22 07:09:00 | Paradise have told me that due to connectivity problems with my cable mod they will be giving credit to my account, i have yet to see this, but it was their suggestion. I think some credit shouldn't be a problem, once the techs decide that the problem is real. From what i can gather, the problem has to get to that stage before much will be done, the helpdesk staff don't seem to want to believe that any problem might exsist in their network unless they have been told otherwise. I'm sure that they do get many who ring them up 'cauze their network cable isn't plugged into the DSL/cable modems and are adamant that the problem is with paradise. My suggestion to you is that you log the problem, just a wee collection of comments and failure/restore time like this. (homepages.ihug.co.nz) As soon as i said the word "logs" they seem to start taking me seriously. I don't know why they cant resort to using a system like a NAT, similar to the way that Xtra manages to get ip's like 203.96.111.200 used by several clients at the same time. Shitty as that is, atleast it means that everyone can use the bloody thing BTW, they gave me the fixed IP 202.0.37.227 before they even dragged the cable into my cave for the internet connection |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 64069 | 2002-07-22 20:58:00 | You are kidding about that IP address, yes? Bit dangerous posting a real one, isn't it? robo. |
robo (205) | ||
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