 Combat ChuckToo Many CannibalsPremium
join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA | reply to fewtch
Re: Washington get ready for Bedrock said by fewtch:These people are nuts if they think I'm not turning off the PC in my bedroom while I try to sleep! Yah, I'm gonna stay awake all night and miss work the next day, because Comcast tells me to (/dripping sarcasm). Well you could always write down your IP info before you go to sleep and go static until the DHCP server comes back up. Just remember to set it back to DHCP ASAP or else you could cause a load of fun for you and one other lucky individual with an addy collision.
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 MortyPremium
join:2004-09-18 | Also setting your IP address statically is against the ToS and AUP. If comcast catches you doing this you're service will be terminated by abuse. |
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Combat ChuckToo Many CannibalsPremium
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Erie, PA | said by Morty:Also setting your IP address statically is against the ToS and AUP. If comcast catches you doing this you're service will be terminated by abuse. If you change it back before your lease expires theres no way that they'd know and it would not cause the situation for which using a static address is against the TOS.
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1 edit | said by Combat Chuck: said by Morty:Also setting your IP address statically is against the ToS and AUP. If comcast catches you doing this you're service will be terminated by abuse. If you change it back before your lease expires theres no way that they'd know and it would not cause the situation for which using a static address is against the TOS. I agree with Combat Chuck on this. How is this against the TOS when static ips are not even issued to residential accounts to begin with. If someone does set their ip statically, they'll either lose their connection after the lease has expired or continue to have connection until the ip needs to be changed due to network maintenance/upgrade. In this case the person will call Comcast and support agents will troubleshoot as normal. Once they find that the person has set their ip statically, they'll simply tell that person to set ip to obtain automatically. If that resolves the issue, then that is that. I've never heard of anyone losing their service because they configured their ip statically.
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MortyPremium
join:2004-09-18 | said by abst2act: said by Combat Chuck: said by Morty:Also setting your IP address statically is against the ToS and AUP. If comcast catches you doing this you're service will be terminated by abuse. If you change it back before your lease expires theres no way that they'd know and it would not cause the situation for which using a static address is against the TOS. I agree with Combat Chuck on this. How is this against the TOS when static ips are not even issued to residential accounts to begin with. If someone does set their ip statically, they'll either lose their connection after the lease has expired or continue to have connection until the ip needs to be changed due to network maintenance/upgrade. In this case the person will call Comcast and support agents will troubleshoot as normal. Once they find that the person has set their ip statically, they'll simply tell that person to set ip to obtain automatically. If that resolves the issue, then that is that. I've never heard of anyone losing their service because they configured their ip statically. Perhaps you haven't, however I've seen at least 30 who have. |
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