I do something similar, largely because enough of the stuff we do requires two-way interaction with other services that I need a public IP for callbacks, etc.

I do something similar, largely because enough of the stuff we do requires two-way interaction with other services that I need a public IP for callbacks, etc. Sucks when you have flaky connectivity, though, and I've been gradually investing in stubbing out other services so I can "run" them locally/offline. I also prefer a desktop so I can use more than 2 screens (my current config is 4, although the 4th is "just because"--3 is really helpful).