Hello Anna,

On Friday January 07 2022 11:07, you wrote to me:

 AN>>> I think, today it is a way to sell their 'business' rates which
 AN>>> include static IPv4 and IPv6 prefix...

 MvdV>> Here that "Business Pro" package is not available without a
 MvdV>> commercial registration.

 AN> As far as I've read, at least as a customer of Deutsche Telekom it is
 AN>  also possible to get the business packages. I don't know how other
 AN> ISPs handle it, though.

It is up to the ISP how they deal with it. Point is that even if you could get the Business Pro package without a commercial registration, it is still not just "paying extra for the fixed IP". You get a lot more, like support guaranteed within a certain time frame etc, end you pay for that. A lot...

 AN>>> But besides, you have to be noticed somehow that the IP/prefix
 AN>>> has been changed - or how do you know when to manually update
 AN>>> your DNS?

 MvdV>> If my IPv6 pefix changes I notice soon enough. There is always
 MvdV>> someone in the Fidonet IPv6 club that warns me within a day. ;-)

 AN> Okay, so it can happen that your IPv6 connection isn't reachable for
 AN> some time (via DNS). So it's good that IPv4 is still working :)

Indeed, it occasionally happens that my IPv6 is down for a couple of hours or so. It also occasiaonally happens that my system is completely down for a couple of hours. This is a hobby system. I do maintenance once in a while and there the occasional power failure.

If I still had a business and it depended on my servers being 24/7 on line, I would take measures. As it is, I do not consider it an issue for a hobby system...


Cheers, Michiel

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