[Discuss] local ISP that provides externally reachable IP address

Will Ballantyne vlug.org at facti.net
Wed Jan 10 20:23:38 PST 2024


thanks for the replies! I'll call them tomorrow...

On 2024-01-10 18:33, Craig Miller wrote:
> Agreed, Teksavvy does give you a public IPv4 (and IPv6 /56 on DSL) 
> addresses in Victoria. Used them for years.
>
> Craig...
>
> On 1/10/24 17:18, BCLUG wrote:
>> Will Ballantyne wrote on 2024-01-10 09:16:
>>
>>> Just wondering if anyone else in the area (Victoria, BC) is doing 
>>> something similar and what ISP might provide an externally 
>>> accessible IP address.
>>
>> Try TekSavvy - they allow a lot of services to be self-hosted at home.
>>
>> Can say with certainty they operate in Victoria, but probably do: 
>> they're everywhere.
>>
>>
>> I think the only things they exclude are SMTP and DNS, which is fair 
>> due to the potential for disaster should some mis-config / hack occur.
>>
>> (i.e. getting the ISP's reputation damaged due to spam originating 
>> from their network, or DNS reflection attacks.)
>>
>>
>> rb
>>
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