[lhnn]

Your home PC isn't really on the Internet. It's on a crappy pseudo-network that happens to be connected to the Internet.

The hell are you talking about? I know I have a public IP address and am running several wikis, a Minecraft server and a Mumble server from my home, accesible via Internet (behind a firewall).

Next up is a SIP/XMPP server. Or maybe tent?

[cyarvin]

s/Your home/Your average home/

[lhnn]

Including my dorm room (it was port restricted), my college apartment, my father's house, and my current home, I've always had a publicly accessible IP address.