Re: ARIN Policy on IP-based Web Hosting

[Jon Mansey <jon () interpacket net>]

> Telling your customers they can't telnet, ssh, or VNC into their home
> boxes
> costs you all your *nix users,


all 0.1% of them.....


> and telling them they can't use Napster
> costs
> you all your Windows users.


Erm, I thought napster worked OK through NAT...

> The few Mac users you have left don't keep you profitable.  :-)

Isnt it time we differentiated between a home surfer who 99.9% of the 
time never needs to access his home machine from outside and in fact 
may be happy that others cant access his "always-on" machine, and 
those who need a real IP address to host some service or other?

Seems that for the paltry $39/m for a T1 speed cable access, I 
shouldn't deserve a dedicated IP address inlcuded.

IMHO,

jon.