Tell me, who writes this stuff? The above is quoted from 's so-called that you get to by clicking on the Help link on the management interface of a 2Wire 2701HG-B Gateway as supplied by AT&T. Yes, I know it's an old model (really slow with some horrible user interface bugs), but these devices are still out there by the thousands so they are, unfortunately, relevant.
TIPS:
What is so annoying about this "explanation" (other than the text being written by someone who was obviously semi-literate) is they don't just come out and say "no"; they beat about the bush, push the issue in the direction of the ISP, and then imply it's a bad idea altogether. Really? Shame on you, 2Wire.
Anyway, I stumbled across this nonsense while setting up a new toy, er, product here in the , a .
The QNAP TS-1079 Pro is a network-attached storage (NAS) device with 10 SATA drive bays that can provide up to 30TB of storage in an office-friendly package. I say "office friendly" because its noise emission is rated at a reasonable 30db in the configuration I have, which is with 10 1TB drives.