Re: Cellular backup connections

[Aaron1 <aaron1 () gvtc com>]

On the topic of static ip... as a Net Eng of an ISP, and seeing the pains that we have to endure with our static ip 
customers , I wonder if static ip customers actually inadvertently get less optimal treatment than more flexible, agile 
and dynamic ip customers ?  

I’m saying that since over the years as I have migrated from one router to another, from one technology Ethernet/IP, 
mpls/ip, it’s more difficult to move those static customers subnets around, and sometimes easier just to leave them on 
an old router where they’ve been for years.

Aaron

> On Dec 28, 2018, at 12:32 PM, Jared Geiger <jared () compuwizz net> wrote:
>
> I found horrible routing with a static IP setup with T-Mobile. The device was located in Ashburn, outbound routing 
> would go out via Dallas and inbound would come in via Seattle. So ping times and usability was rough. Tried it on the 
> west coast and the same problem. T-Mobile support said this was by design and they couldn’t change it. 
>
> I decided to switch to a regular consumer AT&T data sim without a static IP and set up a small router to initiate a 
> VPN tunnel out to wherever I need it. It turns out to be cheaper and reliable for us. 
>
> ~Jared Geiger
>
> > On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 11:53 AM Ryan Wilkins <ryan () deadfrog net> wrote:
> > You mention your connection is 4G.  On T-Mobile 4G is UMTS whereas LTE is, well, LTE.  Are you really on UMTS (which 
> > I would expect to have much crazier RTTs and jitter like you report) or did you mean LTE?
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> > > On Dec 28, 2018, at 7:06 AM, Dovid Bender <dovid () telecurve com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I finally got around to setting up a cellular backup device in our new POP. I am currently testing with T-Mobile 
> > > where the cell signal strength is at 80%. The connection is 4G. When SSH'ing in remotely the connection seems 
> > > rather slow. Ping times seem to be all over the place (for instance now I am seeing: rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 
> > > 174.142/336.792/555.574/99.599 ms) . Is that just cellular or is that more related to the provider and the 
> > > location where I am? I could in theory test with VZ and ATT as well. With Verizon they charge $500.00 just to get 
> > > a public IP and I want to avoid that if possible.
> > >
> > > Thanks and sorry in advance if this is off topic.