My Internet just by itself is $79 for 50x10 and I can run a server or 
servers using NAT (1 IP).  I assume if I were using residential it would 
be $55?? - based on the $25 difference when I switched over to business 
3 years ago.


On 2015-03-02 19:18, Michael Butash wrote:
>>> 
>>> For my money, I stay on residential, even though more or less I have 
>>> a
>>> business network behind it, one address suits me just fine.
>>> Everything I need to do outside is more or less personal, unless my
>>> servers need an update or something, or I vpn somewhere else.  I 
>>> found
>>> out a few years ago cox stopped filtering a lot of things on
>>> residential, lo and behold I could now hit 443 on residential service
>>> - then I really didn't need business services.
>>> 
>> 
>> The business package was only $25 more a month and they do allow 
>> servers.  I don't think my rates haver gone up in 4 years.
>> 
> That is good to know as well, I'd be good with a 50x10 service for
> ~80/mo if I got another address, or could.  I moved my personal stuff
> outside of my server lans (I just used a "user" stub off my asa) and
> moved to a separate dd-wrt system, the bit about another address was
> the first time I'd thought about "needing" business services,
> otherwise I only call when I need to tell them to fix something
> specific and definitely.
> 
> Interesting enough, they offer L2 backhaul services on modems, ie.
> virtual circuits to terminate them back to a coi internet on metro
> ethernet, ocx, etc, even for resale.  There are companies reselling
> cox modem bandwidth backhaul now now, providing "value add services"
> at a pop, layering on video and other services, and providing their
> own internet pipes for them (or just egressing with cox bandwidth
> anyways).  I thought it might be cool to group in with friends to go
> off-net or centralize internet egress somewhere ala a corp net, if
> they're reselling them as that+ fees, must be able to get them at an
> affordable price as a reseller.  Real L2 lan between homes without the
> outside world, no vpn.
> 
> Split the bandwidth, just pay for transit, lan party remotely.  :)
> 
> -mb
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