ARIN?

Sat Nov 7 05:42:02 UTC 1998

>> Cable modem subscribers normally are not dynamically assigned IPs like
>> dialups.  Besides, they are advertised as a constant connection, and a lot
>> of people use it as such.

All of the cable modem subscribers I know have dynamic IPs assigned by
DHCP.  A suitably aggressive DHCP client can usually keep the lease
renewed so the IP doesn't change, but they are most certainly not
static IP addresses.

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