Oi...20 IP's for websites? IP addresses are no longer considered to be an inexhaustible resource.
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from another provider's employee
There really is no reason to have a dedicated IP address for a web site "just because". I know it used to be a selling point, and hosters thought they were all that because they had their very own IP address, but that is no longer the case. Just 5 years ago I was doing work for a company who had a spare class C and started spreading out all their websites across 200 IP addresses just because they could. They got a nasty surprise when they wanted more IP addresses though. All of the reasons for having a unique IP address for every web site have pretty much been nullified by advancing technology. The only surefire reasons for additional IP addresses are SSL and nameservers .. any other reason must be explained in detail and must be valid from a technical standpoint.
EDIT: If you look around at some of the older hosting companies who used to give away 8 or more IP addresses for every server, you might notice they are starting to change their policies. They are either reducing the number to 2 or 1, or requiring more strict justification. This is because they know they will run out of IP addresses soon and will have to ask for more.
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