Is there any disadvantage to a static ip address?

[Ed]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Jerry Snitselaar <dev at snitselaar.org> wrote:
> On Mon Aug 20 12, Stephen wrote:
>> i think its partly intentional to clear servers that are not paying
>> for it. 6/month for a single static ip however i find kinda ridiculous
>> in price.
>>
>
> Considering what Cox charges or used to charge at least, that isn't
> that bad. For Cox you had to get a business acct for the lovely price
> of ~$100/month.

Are you running something like Dynamic DNS -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_DNS
there is likely a client in your repos and there are some services
that are free - if your are willing to go with a nonsense host name.
(never used 'em know nothing about 'em - only an example
http://www.no-ip.com/ )

Due to the PhoneCo/Cable monopoly - if you need a static IP, you
should look into a hosting service like Linode. Getting a static IP at
your home just doesn't make any sense - besides, the service is crappy
and that is more likely your problem than anything malicious - unless
they are deep packet filtering, in which case you are already
blacklisted...  ;)