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Re: Changing an I.P address

Ok, so, interesting question. IP Addresses first; these are typically issued by your Internet Services Provider at the point where you make a connection to them. Now whereas some ISP's charge for "static" IP's (i.e. you always get the same one) most ISP's will issue you an address from a currently unused pool, so each time you connect you "may" get a different address. As a result, it is unusual (these days) for any service to blacklist a specific IP address for "abuse" simply because it probably won't s...
Ok, so, interesting question. IP Addresses first; these are typically issued by your Internet Services Provider at the point where you make a connection to them. Now whereas some ISP's charge for "static" IP's (i.e. you always get the same one) most ISP's will issue you an address from a currently unused pool, so each time you connect you "may" get a different address. As a result, it is unusual (these days) for any service to blacklist a specific IP address for "abuse" simply because it probably won't s...

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