MvdV>> Yes, it works. Thanks for testing. No, it is not free. Only the MvdV>> first fifty days are free after that it is EUR 5/year for 12 MvdV>> ports.
WV> That wouldn't be a show stopper. ;)
Maybe it is my German, but I am a bit confused about wether it is EUR 5/year per port or EUR 5 for 12 ports.
MvdV>> Yes, it has some limitations. But I think it will work for me.
WV> Untill they find it's not profitable and quit the service or make the WV> prices a lot higher. ;)
We will cross that bridge when we get to it. They offer other services as well and this costs them almost nothing once they have it set up. I now have a one to one port mapping, but my guess is that I am lucky because no one else asked for port 24554. They can serve a lot of customers with one IPv4 number.
My guess is the EUR 5/year is just a teaser to get customers in the shop. I do not expect a substantial raise in price in the near future.
MvdV>> in that case I prefer native IPv6 and IPv4 via a third party MvdV>> instead of the other way around.
WV> Maybe in the future, right now I wouldn't absolutely need IPv6. I WV> think I can do without it.
Hé where is that pioneer spirit?
MvdV>> Even you with your geek friendly ISP may have no choice some day.
WV> They'll try to prevent that, because that will cost them customers.
There may come a day that they have no choice...
WV> Their "geek friendly" image is how they distinquish themselfs from the WV> others.
Sure. But they are no longer an independant company. The share holders of the mother company may some day decide that "geek friendly" is not profitable enough.
My once geek friendly ISP, hccnet, did not survive being eaten by KPN...
WV> If they don't have that, there are probably cheeper ones that provide WV> the same product and service level.
Probably...
MvdV>> They offer a dedicated static IPv4 too. For a fee.
WV> Of course. ;)
Let's hope that by the time you can't have a fixed IPv4 addres from your present ISP any more, it won't matter.
