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To: John Stichnoth who wrote (3221)	3/26/1999 10:22:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

John the manner in which IP addresses are administered is one of the differentiators among DLECs/ILECs. On the consumer side, I think that IP leasing is going to be prevalent for a number of reasons. Some of them on the business/soho side will provide static addressing, and some will deploy dynamic techniques, like dynamic host configuration protocol, or DHCP. There are some who will allow a single address to assume various proxies by the subscriber using DHCP in carrier- or customer- provided equipment (CPE) on prem. Each of these scenarios plays to a different set of addressing rules. I should add that this practice is not unique to DSL. On Compuserve and AOL dialups, and the like, addresses are routinely "leased" to the subscriber on a 'per session' basis. Not sure about straight cable modem, but when Cableiphony becomes prevalent on cable systems, I would imagine that the same would hold true there, as well. One would have to investigate a prospective DSL provider to ascertain what options they offer. Other threadsters will add to this, hopefully. I've not investigated this in some time. Comments welcome. Frank_C.

To: John Stichnoth who wrote (3221)	3/26/1999 12:40:00 PM
From: Robert T. Miller	Respond to of 12823

Whether your IP address is static or dynamic has nothing to do with DSL. DSL or HDSL are transport mediums that go from point A to B. An ISP may offer Internet access using and bundling in a DSL line. He then can differentiate his service by whether the customer wants as low a price as possible and will be primarily a web surfer(probably given a dynamic address)or a business customer who might have thousands of hits on their server(needs static IP addresses)and who will be charged more. The main concern is will the customer actually try to use the bandwidth they theoretically have or will they just brag about it.