matt7701 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Sprint is now offering static ip addresses for devices on the network for 3 dollars now. I think that is pretty interesting. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnwk Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I already got it. But doesn't seem to be very interesting since your IP will change when you turn on WIFI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caspar347 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I noticed this last time I was reactivating. Besides hosting a server, what would this be useful for? Enterprise apps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swintec Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 i thought this has been an option for years? Google seems to bring up discussions that backs this up. As far as use, i assume it will be an actual public IP address and not the normal NAT IP addresses they give out normally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacinJosh Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 i thought this has been an option for years? Google seems to bring up discussions that backs this up. As far as use, i assume it will be an actual public IP address and not the normal NAT IP addresses they give out normally. Up until the beginning of this year, it was not available on my account. Sent from Josh's iPhone 6+ using Tapatalk 3.1.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swintec Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Up until the beginning of this year, it was not available on my account. Sent from Josh's iPhone 6+ using Tapatalk 3.1.1 you mean to add via the website? i think you always needed to call in to request it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacinJosh Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 you mean to add via the website? i think you always needed to call in to request it. Yeah, online. I never knew they offered it before that. Sent from Josh's iPhone 6+ using Tapatalk 3.1.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swintec Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Yeah, online. I never knew they offered it before that. Sent from Josh's iPhone 6+ using Tapatalk 3.1.1 this was back from 2008: http://www.evdoforums.com/thread10602.html and i remember threads on the old sprint users forum as well talking about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnwk Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 this was back from 2008: http://www.evdoforums.com/thread10602.html and i remember threads on the old sprint users forum as well talking about it. I got the actual static IP but it is strongly firewalled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deval Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Static IPs are great for business customers, as they can be tied into Sprint's DataLink service and offer addressable IPs from the customer's own IP pool, to make their mobile devices a true extension of their wireline network. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta772er Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 We've used these at work since at least 2009, our mobile techs sometimes require them for access to a customers system, most don't require them but a few do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmikec Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Is there any compelling reason to have this service at the consumer level? I understand business applications but I'm not quite sure why anyone else would need this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnoj Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 It's nice to see that they don't price gouge this option like Comcast does. Note: That price doesn't include their business gateway that you are required to lease @ $10+/mo if you're using a static IP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahecht Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Is there any compelling reason to have this service at the consumer level? I understand business applications but I'm not quite sure why anyone else would need this. There are services, such as home monitoring/IP Webcam services, that use an IP whitelist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jreuschl Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Unfortunately the static doesn't also apply to mobile hotspot on the phone, only the internal connection :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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