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On Dec 7, 2003, at 11:15 PM, Matt Edwards wrote:

> consumer:  "I have two computers.  I need to make sure they can both 
> get on
> the internet."  (Thinking: "I know my buddy did this with his setup")
> ISP: "Oh you mean you need a second IP address, right?" (Thinking: 
> "The poor
> guy doesn't know he can do it with one and NAT server.  But I ain't 
> telling
> him that.")
>
Of course, not long ago, you would have had the 1st tier tech support 
drone accuse you of stealing bandwidth if you mentioned that you had 
more than one machine networked.