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Originally Posted by naysan19
Yes thats the one I was referring to. I had assumed that the new hub will be available for businesses whenever the firmware was ready. If I wanted to upgrade from 50MB to 100MB or 200MB speeds would I not get a new/different hub?
Looking at the VM Business website, at the moment there is no option to order a new connection with more than one static IP, regardless of speed (in our area anyway).
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The business service will not offer the SH3, they have elected to go for a different device altogether.
None of the newer Business services currently offer more than a single fixed IP address. The website is a bit of a mess because there isn't mention on the main pages of the 50 Mb/s package, but it is still available, but as it is now delivered via the Hitron it will only support 1 dynamic or 1 fixed IP address. The routed subnet option is on trial now on the Hitron, but not yet available to order. I was told they expect that to be available late May.
The older 50 Mb/s service was delivered with the SH1 with business firmware, which supported the option to implement single and multiple fixed IP addresses. I am not sure if they would still install that option for you if you really needed routed subnet.
Modem mode is also not available in the released version of the Hitron firmware, but is also in the pipeline.
So as it stands, with the new business services, there is no way to set things up such that the publicly routable IP address is on your own equipment behind the Hitron - since that would require either modem mode or a routed subnet option, neither of which are available.
Personally I think this is a bit of a miss on VMBs fault, and they should have either selected a device that did support their fixed IP options from launch or waited until the firmware to support that was ready for launch with the Hitron.
Clearly the development effort is done since it is on trial, so hopefully if no major issues are discovered, requiring rework, it will be on track to launch soon.