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From: "Owen DeLong" <owen@delong.com>
It differs from a bridge in that *it requires a chunk of routable IP space to put behind it*, and a route to go there. For the specific situation I posited, a consumer connection, you can get a static IP, but you *will not* get routable space; you have to go to a business connection for that, at 2-4 times the cost.
That really depends on the ISP, doesn't it?
Sure. If you'd prefer, substitute "large, consumer ISP -- on the order of Verizon DSL or Road Runner". Both of those have told me that in the past, and, these days, I don't think they're unrepresentative of the common case. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274