[TriLUG] OT: Arranging Employer Provided Broadband is Hard

[Scott Chilcote]

Hello John,

The  answer, at least for me is because $BOSS requested for it.  My
guess?  It's because we do contracting, and one of our customers wants
it.  Perhaps it's because static IP simplifies whitelisting and
traceability.  Going deeper, I could speculate that recent large
hemorrages of highly confidential information is playing a role.  I know
of other remotely located software contractors who are having to deal
with more onerous security requirements, so it seems plausible.

The "paperwork" won't be a problem.  It just requires autopay to a
corporate charge account.  AT&T said they wouldn't split the broadband
out, so that means that if we stay with Uverse we'll have to nix the TV
portion.

Thanks,

   Scott


On 01/02/2014 12:46 PM, John Broome wrote:
> I don't understand why $WORK is requiring the vpn *client* to have a static
> IP.  I'm all for faster broadband, but i just ran a speedtest on my
> connection (that I WFH on) and got this:
> http://www.speedtest.net/result/3203004028.png  No issues here.
>
> It seems like this will be a paperwork nightmare on the ISP side of things.
>  Could you bump up your current service & do a recurring monthly expense
> report to $work to get reimbursed for it?


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Scott Chilcote
Cary, NC USA
scottchilcote at att.net