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Re:Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network by fragmede on Sunday January 09, 2022 @08:18PM (#29869398)
The solution is to pay for business-class Internet at your home.
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Re:Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network by jaytaylor on Sunday January 09, 2022 @08:39PM (#29869541)
That's true, even though I'm not a business.

Would it be more cost effective to do a DO droplet? (haven't tried it personally yet).

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Re:Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network by willjp on Sunday January 09, 2022 @09:25PM (#29869875)
You can tunnel wireguard from a local server to a cheapie DO droplet for about 5$ USD/mo. Only one ipv4 pre dropte though. I read a blogpost that mentioned a free tier cloudflare service for public ips, but have not investigated.
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Re:Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network by zrail on Sunday January 09, 2022 @09:04PM (#29869716)
At least where I am, the business class internet that I have access to doesn't come with static IPs and is approximately three times as expensive as residential for the same service level.
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Re:Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network by jethro_tell on Sunday January 09, 2022 @11:17PM (#29870567)
yes, a VPS would absolutely be cheaper. Even if you get the port unblocked, you're still not going to be able to set reverse DNS for spf records unless you have a business connection with static IPs. An IP alone will probably cost you the same as a VPS that will run a tunnel back you your home box.

In my experience, a business connection is usually twice the price and half the bandwidth.

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Re:Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network by jaytaylor on Monday January 10, 2022 @12:23AM (#29870964)
Actually I just remembered, I can probably use my free Oracle OCI VM, not sure if they'd set up reverse DNS, though. Will have to file a ticket or search about it to learn more.

Disclaimer: Currently I work there, and it's true anyone can get a free VM "forever" (I've had one for 4 years).

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Re:Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network by chayleaf on Monday January 10, 2022 @03:45AM (#29872016)
you need to have a "paid" account to open a support ticket, but it's still very much free

also, newer accounts (from June I think) have port 25 closed by default, you need to open a ticket for that too

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Re:Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network by waynesonfire on Monday January 10, 2022 @01:40AM (#29871366)
I almost did this; but my residential account has a "life-time" price contract which the business-class internet does not have. I worry that the business rates will increase with a higher probability.

:(

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