From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 1 14:22:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E357416A405 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 14:22:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from javier@kjsl.com) Received: from skywagon.kjsl.com (skywagon.kjsl.com [69.36.240.252]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF51113C48D for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 14:22:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from javier@kjsl.com) Received: from [64.102.192.164] (dhcp-64-102-192-164.cisco.com [64.102.192.164]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: javier) by skywagon.kjsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 456802A68BA; Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:22:49 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <013d01c74601$d32d2010$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <45BE469F.70001@mts.net><015f01c74512$af52b730$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <45C05615.9070301@u.washington.edu> <017501c74514$0e6793c0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <1C803951-124B-4650-BCDD-40E032300F46@kjsl.com> <013d01c74601$d32d2010$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) X-Priority: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <201B7533-C114-4EF5-808C-05F352850C97@kjsl.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Javier Henderson Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:22:52 -0500 To: Ted Mittelstaedt X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Torrent Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:22:50 -0000 >> What, exactly, is the benefit to an ISP to wear such a feather? > > Mainly marketing, if the ISP can handle hosting of freebsd.org, then > they obviously can handle hosting of most other things on the > Internet. > > Remember, the people that buy seriously large amounts of bandwidth > don't use television commercials to make decisions on providers. They > use tools like whois to see who is hosting major sites then go talk to > those people. > > It also isn't a bad thing to be the landlord if the provider > happens to have > a > lot of FreeBSD in use themselves, I'm sure it helps get developer > attention > to > problems rather quickly. Have you ever seen a post from anyone at > Yahoo with a problem with one of their FreeBSD servers? Marketing, yes, but you may be overstating your case. The bandwidth and power aren't free, and the ROI on the expense of providing that might not be enough. Plus, it's not just ISP's hosting servers, many are hosted by companies and colleges. -jav