Do I Have To Have A Static IP Address?

I am in the very early planning stages of creating a Server based network for my business. I have several issues which can be solved using a server. As a photographer I keep beating my HD space and will wind up with a RAID system like a Drobo FS. Another issue is uploading images from a shoot to the server which will require configuring a VPN - some have suggested a server domain name then access storage or other areas from the domain. I've basically been told I will need a static IP address to make this whole system work. I talked with my cable ISP and was told I would have to have a Business Account inorder to have a static IP address. Not only is a business account at least 2x the cost of a residential account but the service (speed) is substantially slower than what I have now. My obvious question is whether I have to have a static IP address to make all this work? I have done considerable reading on the whole server issue and while I've found lots of other answers, I cannot find an absolute answer to this question so I'm going to rely on what I've found to be experts. Many thanks for the guidance.

I have found that with most residential broadband providers (at least with cable) your public IP address stays the same unless you change the hardware that is connected directly to the cable modem. So, if you have the same router connected to the cable modem for a year your public IP address has probably been the same for the last year.
Business class solutions suck in that they cost more and aren't usually as fast (unless of course you want to pay even more money) as residential services but they do get a static IP address and they get all ports unblocked. Since your IP shouldn't change as a residential customer unless you switch hardware the only real gain is the port unblocking.
For me, I wanted to be able to host a mail server and web server on my server and in my house. That is the reason I switched to a business class account. I was able to run AFP, iCal, Address Book, and VPN services over the internet on my residential account (because those ports weren't blocked) but because I wanted to run a mail server and web server - and not violate my provider's TOS by running a server on a residential connection - I upgraded to business class.

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Packet tracer for the Static port redirection server IP's.
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Phase: 1
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input-interface: inside
input-status: up
input-line-status: up
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