Comcast: Changing ip's

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Joel Hammer wrote:
> Just to share a frustrating experience and maybe gather enthusiasm for a
> class action lawsuit or something.
> 
> I use the local cable monopoly for my ISP, comcast.
> 
> I use linux, obviously. 
> 
> I used dhcpcd to get my dynamically assigned ip address. The last time (in
> fact every time) I have gotten an address from comcast, the lease has been
> infinite, at least I think that a lease time of:
> 
> LEASETIME=4294967295
> RENEWALTIME=259200
> REBINDTIME=3758096383
> 
> is infinite in the unix world.
> 
> As a result, dhcpcd, instead of starting and staying a daemon, watching for
> the server to reassign the number, always exits after getting this lease
> time, saying that the lease was infinite, and so why bother running.
> 
> Last night I lost my cable connection. I could see local traffic but nothing
> else.
> 
> I finally called comcast 18 hours later, and was told, after many hours,
> (really, about three hours) that they had disconnected me. They had
> reassigned my ip number and since I had  a static setup (third party
> software according to one service person) I was not allowed on their
> service and "one more incident like this and they would discontinue my
> account permanently." I did point out that I wouldn't mind that at all.
> 
> I tried to explain, but, of course, this was not possible. After begging,
> they allowed me to obtain another dynamic ip number. That was nice of them,
> since I am a paying customer. It was nice of them to just d/c my service
> without notice. It was nice of them to cause this mess by assigning me an
> infinite lease to begin with.
> 
> Sigh. They, being a monopoly, like best to deal with another monopoly,
> windows.
> 
> But, after hours of work, all seems to be working again. Gaadd. What a
> bother.
> 
> I wonder how those lindows computers will fare with this sort of hostile
> environment to linux?

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