UBA - Sharing ip addresses!

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Valks

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#113563 20-Jan-2013 19:42

Hey guys

Telecom as you you know are
changing people over to the newer ubs bb from the older dsl (fipd) bb internet.
Thing is if you have a so called dynamic ip address its basically a static for
12 weeks! Why are they doing this please and why is it possible someone else
could be on the same ip address as you!??

I personally don't like this,
I thought I was on a dynamic, Id turn my router off and in a couple of hours Id
have a new ip address.. now that is not happening? Anyone know why telecom are
doing this? Ive read around they are not the only ones doing it.

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Talkiet

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#747944 20-Jan-2013 20:56

You should always have a unique IPV4 address, regardless of whether you are on FIPD or BBA flavours of Telecom Retail Broadband. No-one else should be assigned the address you have.

As for the 'sticky' dynamic IP addresses. That's done for a mix of practical reasons, none of which are particularly interesting or relevant to end users.

Cheers - N

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tonyhughes

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#748051 21-Jan-2013 08:17

Sticky basically means your IP won't change everytime you reconnect, but it is not static either.

It could be the same for many days/weeks/months, but change without warning.

Typically, anyone with specific IP address needs a static IP address, and pays (or not) an ISP for that service.

Dynamic IPs are Dynamic on different terms for different ISPs at their discretion (to fit their needs).

The -need- for a dynamic IP is probably dubious at best, and no ISP guarantees the frequency of change of a dynamic IP.

As mentioned, VPN services, or other anonymising services will let you get a different IP for various uses.