[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Not really. You can use services like www.no-ip.org to keep your server up to date. As long as you have a stable IP (as in, it stays the same for a few days) and can keep on top of changes, the downtimes are minimal. This isn't a good idea for huge web sites like www.microsoft.com, but for something with the relatively low traffic of PBW, it is not a big problem. Of course, you could always write a program to detect changes in IP address and send the appropriate commands to get the IP of the domain updated automatically...

I am fully aware that this is doable from a technical aspect. The problem is it violates the user agreement, at least for the few isp's I looked into in my area. Also keep in mind that PBW requires a decent upload speed to be a consistantly functional game server. In fact it's uploading more then it's downloading. Your typical residential dsl, even many cable modems, run in the 128 range on the upload. I was told when I took over the service form Admiral that 128 upload was not enough.

Geoschmo