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Modems and static IP addresses
I was informed by my MSP (Sparklight) that if I want to use static IP addresses with my business subscription, that I have to use one of their devices... which are router/firewall/WAP/modem devices: ...
Thankfully my cell phone provider (Verizon) charges me a flat-rate of $30/mo per line. Maybe there's a lesson there...
And my [small] business service from Sparklight isn't cheap: $193/mo with 5 static IPs, for 300/50mbs service (during the day more like 180/20mbs).
4 miles away I was getting 100/100mbs G.PON for $60/mo. That was a bargain.
As I said, I asked my MSP about the limitation on modems and it was word salad. See the original posting. Their reasoning ran counter to current best practices in network security.
"Something-something more secure" but what they really meant was, "because we say so."
It's not more secure, very much the opposite.
And you have you answers. It's there show.