Hang on there guys...
The OP didn't say anything re: locations, multi-bldgs, etc.
Soko:
A little more detail/info please!!
naw, that's true Hotone, it's really a mixed code issue
(i.e.- many relevant codes & definitional aspects) and we really haven't even muddied it up with the rule of 6 thing yet
iirc, some older handbooks showed 6 meters x 6 drops on a structure
and i'm sure one electrical historian could probably dig up a 6 fingered firechief , or other authority of stature in our murky past suggestive of incest in the nec....