&gt; Every normal customer is, every normal business is. Old institutions do not count because they are in a privileged position nobody else on the web is.<p>WHAT?<p>I am at a tiny German ISP, got a new contract one year ago, and have a publicly routable IP.<p>I’ve never seen an ISP that doesn’t provide at least one publicly routable IP per customer, some, like mine, even provide additional ones for a few euros each.