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To: Stock Puppy who wrote (83638)	7/7/2009 1:48:03 PM
From: shlurker	Read Replies (3) of 213177

... If you visit a web site, the web site knows and can collect - with or without cookies enabled: ... 2) Your IP address (not a big deal unless you have a static IP) but this provides information about your host (ISP) and indirectly, your general location (ie, city) ... I have had a static IP address since the 1990's, when ATT had to come to your house and rewire for DSL. Now it seems to be a problem as i finally want to make a wireless home Network. This is because i cannot get my Airport Extreme to work without calling my provider that i've not communicated with for over 10 years(pac bell at the time). I've been told that they have to 'switch' from the ethernet of my desktop mac G4 to the ethernet of my AirportExtreme... Is this right? Why do they care? Should i just tell them to give me DCHP instead, which at one time was not as good for DSL. Is there any advantage of a static ISP these days( other than setting up your own server)? And now that cable internet is "faster than DSL", what would happen if i just switch to COMCAST instead, not mentioning the dedicated IP address? Thanks in advance for any suggestions or info...

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