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> Did your ISP assign you a public IPv4 or not? If the former then you are lucky, that is a relative luxury.

At least until the 10G fiber upgrade happens, Sonic has given me a static IPv4 address for a decade.

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Do they guarantee it is static?

My current IP hasn't changed in years but I need to pony up if I want them to guarantee it forever.

Are you running any servers? I can't find it now, but I remember reading somewhere once that ISPs force IP changes more often on residential users that they detect are running servers.

I've been running a web server for the last year or so, and I still have the same IP from Comcast that I've had for years. When I was a teenager I also ran servers and had a stable IP for years. Ostensibly they say you're not allowed to run servers, but I'm guessing they'd only care if you're constantly using a significant chunk of your bandwidth.

> Do they guarantee it is static?

Yes, but it's only for grandfathered DSL.

https://help.sonic.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009880293-Static...

Sure. I still remember when I could order additional static IPs on residential cable internet.

That doesn’t mean most getting online today in Asia or Africa basically have a choice other than CGNAT IPv4 and IPv6 from their ISP. Your own dynamically assigned IPv4 is a relative luxury.

As a data point, the ISP I'm personally using here in Australia (Launtel, highly recommended) has static IPs as an option.

It's not the default choice (most people don't need one), but people that do need a static IP can get one.

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