cbs228
Geeks Of The World, Unite
join:2000-09-04
Saint Louis, MO
| reply to sdd75
Re: common sense
There are some protocols which simply don't play nice with NAT, and giving users a non-routable IP address is bound to complicate things. For instance, IM-client file transfers or almost any IM function other than chat might not work. RTSP streams could not be set up for videoconferencing. Customers could not make VPN connections. Although UPnP can mitigate this somewhat, it won't fix everything. Could ISPs even claim to offer internet access, since it wouldn't work as it should? I, for one, would not pay for broken internet service only to pay more to have it unbroken.
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