[e2e] using p2p overlays to overcome recursive NATs/realms

[David P. Reed]

At 07:35 PM 2/9/2002 -0500, J. Noel Chiappa wrote:
> >From that perspective, the operators who are charging for extra addresses
>probably hate NAT boxes, since they have a negative impact on their
>revenue.

Well, there was a "leak" from an anonymous Comcast employee recently that 
they had organized a task force to detect NAT users and kick them off the 
network.  Don't know if it is true, but nothing surprises me.  What's odd 
is that Comcast doesn't offer a way to buy multiple IP addresses per home 
(well, you can try to put multiple cable modems on the same line), so they 
aren't "losing revenue" unless they really think that lots of customers are 
using wireless & NATs to share with their neighbors.