On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri . wrote:
I want to know if someone has used these services. Which one would be preferable. What should I look out for ? What are the queries I need to get answered from both these chaps ? I already asked if they are blocking port 80 as I will get a static IP and would like to host my
what you should ask them is this:
1. are they giving IPs through DHCP. If they don't understand that, say Dynamic Host Protocol - somehow they seem to understand that.
Ask them what is the IP address you will get. You will recognise easily that 192.168.1.* means they are NATing you or proxying you. Ask them things like are you allowed to do MSN/Yahoo chat, voice chat, can you download music, etc.
I'm almost certain that all cable wallas provide a winproxy bases system, but don't know about DSL.