> Honestly I wonder if even an unusual setup like a static IP I have internet at home through Comcast, a huge and universally hated ISP in the USA. I also run

> Honestly I wonder if even an unusual setup like a static IP I have internet at home through Comcast, a huge and universally hated ISP in the USA. I also run a home server (though it only takes incoming connections, and does not visit websites itself). I purchased a dynamic DNS service that would update my domain's DNS whenever my home internet's public IP changed. In over 5 years and through numerous modem reboots, my IP address has not changed once. A year ago I transferred my domain to another provider; I did not bother setting up dynamic DNS again and my website still works fine. I have not purchased a static IP from Comcast. When I initially set up the server I had read that my home's IP address can change anytime the modem reboots, or possibly anytime at all, to any IP in Comcast's pool - which is why I subscribed to dynamic DNS. So a static IP may not be as unusual of a setup as you say it is.