Is it normal that my ISP's IP address hasn't changed for a year?

I haven't received a new IP address from my ISP for a full year now. At least when I access the internet without encryption, the IP address always stays the same.

It had been the same for longer periods before, but never for such an extremely long period…

Is this still normal or should I think about changing provider?

And what could be the reason for this?

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lisaloge
4 months ago

In the past, the interruption was technically necessary to generate a billing data set daily.

This also gave a new IPv4. This is no longer necessary at times of Carrier-Grade-NAT, since the corresponding data acquisition on the provider side works completely differently anyway.

The address will be assigned to the terminal (router) immediately if it has not been otherwise assigned in the short time period – which is quite unlikely.

wrglbrmpft
4 months ago

I have the same IP address for eternity. I’ve been playing with AI for a while and I’ve been questioning one because I didn’t think much about it:

lisaloge
4 months ago
Reply to  wrglbrmpft

However, what the AI writes about glass fiber connections is once again complete nonsense.

Thomasg
4 months ago
Reply to  lisaloge

😂 accurately, the number of available IPv4 addresses is increased by the expansion of glass fiber.

evtldocha
4 months ago

Is that still normal or should you think about a provider change?

… usually a router restart is enough and if the IP does not change, then it is also good. However, I do not see a reason only for an IP address change willing to restart the router and not at all, so to change the provider.

evtldocha
4 months ago
Reply to  Rexxxxx

Well, weird, but I’m not surprised at IPv4 addresses anymore. For IPv6, more…

Sethrin
4 months ago

Without knowing your ISP, what is so bad about doing nothing illegal?

For example, the ideal is for operating a home server.