RE: Metallic DSL in Tokyo

["Jonathan Shore" <jshore@example.com>]

I'm using Tokyo Metallic DSL.  They say that single 640 is dynamic IP but in
practice it is not.  I've had the same IP address for the last few months
despite reconnecting on a daily basis.  I wouldn't count on it of course.

Technically you are not allowed to run servers on the single 640 plan.  You
need to use the "business" plan if you want to do that.  It is also enforced
in that the DSL gateway they supply is configured to block incoming traffic
on known ports.  You can't change this without a password (which they don't
supply).

BTW, their service is excellent - have found that it delivers the advertised
bandwidth (unlike many installations in the US).  I regularly get ~70KB/s on
the 640, though you'll find that there are many places on the wan that
cannot even sustain that.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tod McQuillin [mailto:devin@example.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:21 PM
> To: tlug@example.com
> Subject: Metallic DSL in Tokyo
>
>
>
> Is anyone using Tokyo Metallic DSL?  I would like to run a very low
> traffic server inexpensively and their 'Single 640' plan is only 5,500 yen
> per month -- suits my needs but it's dynamic IP.  A lot of DSL providers
> in the US also use "dynamic IP" but in practice the IP address rarely if
> ever changes.  Anyone know if the same is the case for Metallic?
>
> Also, anyone know how easy it is to use it with unix?  Will I have to
> pretend I'm using Windows to get them to install it?  :-)
>
> Any info on this or other ideas would be appreciated.
>
> (they are at http://www.metallic.co.jp/)
> --
> Tod McQuillin
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