I called my ISP today to set up a static IP because my services keep being taken down from my IP changing. I either need a business plan or a 5-10gbps residential plan to do that…

I cannot get on the business plan without a valid Business ID so that’s not an option. And no way in hell I’m paying for those speeds.

Anyone have any alternatives to stop this from happening so often? My public IP seems to change regularly every 2-3 weeks and it’s getting pretty frustrating having to reconfigure things. I only have 2 ISPs in my area and they are both terrible. I assume I’m out of luck, but maybe there’s some tech magic I’m unaware of.

  • worhui@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    That is a bit crazy if you are in the US. There is no ‘business Id’ just say you are a sole proprietorship, meaning the business is just you, no corporation structure or anything like that and you are dba, doing business as, and your name.

    That is how you technically describe yourself when you are a business when you are a person.

    Your tax id number would just be your social security number.

    It’s legal to transact business as a person.

    • Kaul@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      2 hours ago

      Well that’s some good info to have in general. Think I’m okay with using DDNS but this is good to know.