Thank you for such a detailed response. I figured that the comment about the only IGH worth buying was the Rohloff was a bit of a stretch. I'm definitely going to look at the bikes you mentioned, as well as the hubs themselves.

Thank you again

EDIT: I may end up building a bike since the offerings are so lacking. The 8 speed nexus with a roller brake looks great. My commuting bike rarely sees large hills, so a roller brake will be fine. (I may throw a disk on the front, or another roller brake.) If you haven't noticed, I'm trying to build a bomb proof/weather proof/low maintenance bike that I can still have fun on during my ride to work. Oh and my commuter currently has a triple crankset, I rarely leave the middle ring. When I do, it's on a long downhill. I've never used the small chainring on that bike. Honestly, never. So 8 speeds will be fine.