as i said i'm getting my bouncer server set back up next year after the datacenter it's in has finished renovations, so actually getting a public address is not the biggest issue.
i've set up servers with static ips in datacenter settings before. the way you know you're online is usually that your cpu activity jumps a few percent from all the incoming ssh traffic from russia and china. i don't want to risk anything happening to my home server.
no, they probably did it because nokia is a market leader in communications technology. but since they are a global fortune 500 member, a billion is not that much.
nokia is a very diverse company. they make everything from rubber boots and car tires, to cardboard, to undersea cables, to modems. this is likely not a big part of their business.
that's also a possibility, but i'm going to have to whine to my isp.