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Re: Internet IP address
If you do a release/renew cycle using the modem's release/renew button, you are almost guaranteed to end up with the same IP address (in my experience). You need to release the address and wait some (usually substantial) period before renewing to get a different address. The easiest way to do this is to turn off the modem and wait for the lease to expire. Unfortunately, in my area, they use a 4-hour lease period so you need to leave it off for at least this long to have the best chance of getting a new IP. If your modem offers a method to release the address without automatically renewing it, then that is a better route. The T3200M modems don't offer this.Does anyone know any details about Telus cancelling web space?
I've been a Telus Internet customer since they first offered DSL. During that time, they've dropped newsgroups, migrated to a near-useless email service, switched to Gmail, and now they've cancelled web space -- all without compensation and for the web space, with NO NOTICE. To say that I'm furious is an understatement. That web space was serving the page for my business and I have no idea how long it's been down. It's been just a holding page since I've retired, but that's not the point. Had I been relying on it, I'd have been in trouble. They have posted a phone number to get info, but I know that if I call it I'll go ballistic on them and get cut off. Anyone have any details?Re: Is your crappy Telus Email service exceptionally crappy again?
I've been using Telus ADSL since they first offered it in the 90's and the one thing I've learned is that none of their servers should be relied on to work properly or reliably. I run all necessary services (DNS, NTP, email, etc) from other external services. It simply is not worth the headache to rely on Telus.
