Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:08:17 -0800 From: Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running own servers Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20041221225753.0b120eb0@wrongcrowd.com> In-Reply-To: <20041222064412.A768916A4D5@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20041222064412.A768916A4D5@hub.freebsd.org>
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>What's the most popular option? Is it buying a business DSL or T1 >service or is it to colocate it? All of them are pricey. :( You can get high quality residential service with a static IP for a lot less than what your cable company would charge for that one fixed IP. For example, I get 1.5/768 service from Speakeasy for $90/mo, with 2 fixed IPs. That isn't a ton of upstream, but it is enough to let me do my own web server, mail server, and private music stream so I can listen to all my tunes at work. My web content draws over 40k pageviews a month... several gigs of data sent upstream to approx 10k unique users. It's not corporate scale but it's fine for a hobbyist. Speakeasy's policy explicitly allows you to run your own servers with the exception of IRC. They are a really, really good ISP. (Check dslreports.com for more reviews and recommendations) $90/mo (plus taxes) isn't chump change but I really enjoy running my own server so it is worth it to me. It is probably possible to co-lo for less, but this way I have complete control over everything. If I want to try something new, I just do it. Before Speakeasy, I used an ATT cable modem. It was a dynamic IP but they only changed it on me once every 6 months, so I got by for quite a while. See if you can figure out what your lease time is before you get a new ISP. It might be good enough to get your feet wet. Good luck and have fun! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= matt@wrongcrowd.com * KF6IYW * http://wrongcrowd.com "I am Matt Staroscik and I approved this message."
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