I currently pay 70$ a month for residential 50/50 Ziply fiber internet in Oregon. On the ziply website it says it would be 50$ a month for 100/100 small business fiber. Would that let me get a static IP, port 25 unblocked and reverse dns? Are there any strings attached as it seems strange for small business internet to be cheaper than residential?
Just as a heads up, running your own email server is rife with pitfalls. Even if you set everything up perfectly (which is unlikely for a first timer), you will still run into issues with your mail not being delivered because the big email providers will assume your stuff is spam.
There are guides for doing that, but it really isn’t worth the hassle.
Also, getting a domain name and using dynamic DNS has worked fine for me for years, and I’ve had no reason to pay extra for a static IP.
Ok so yesterday I had a static IP installed from ziply with business internet. I have not gotten a chance to test it yet (longer story below).
Ok so when they installed the static ip it went well until I had to setup the static ip on my eero router. I think I have been paying for 100/100 this whole time but it was not working because my house had a 15 year old fiber box. That was all replaced with a fiber running into the network room going to the ONT which has an ethernet that connects to the router. When I tried to set up the static ip it just bricked my eero and it would not connect to the internet. When I factory reset it it would not get past the setup screen even when I connected behind another router with a dhcp server. The internet technician tried for 3 hours to debug the eero and I tried for a few more hours. Today I just got a new Asus router system and it has been working well so far though I regret not documenting the port forwards required for each server and service better. I only have 2 routers now but I get full 300/300 speed inside the house and 100/100 outside on the edge of our property. I bought it with the best buy promotion where if you trade in your old broken router you get 15% off of a new one.
I’m nearly certain Ziply will sell you business fiber to a home address. Price does seem quite low, but then again they are now selling residential gig fiber for $80/$90.
As much as I hate redirecting to Reddit, the ZiplyFiber subreddit is very actively monitored and they’d quickly answer those questions there. I’ve found that to be much more accurate and quick than phone sales / support, although the dedicated business support is probably much better.
Ziply is amazing, I’m sure they can sort you out.
I would be surprise if an ISP would let a house get the business plan.
Not true where I’m at. Lots of professionals have “work sheds” that need to be fed business class internet.
