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Subject: Re: Good rentable servers?
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bsdnooby wrote:
> 
> Instead of getting a fixed IP address at my house, and having a noisy 
> machine running all the time - I think I might want to try renting a 
> dedicated FreeBSD server.  It would be used for running Apache, phpBB, 
> email, listserv, and a few other services.  I found several places that 
> have dedicated FreeBSD machines to rent, their prices seems to all be 
> $99 a month.
> 
> Is there a cheaper or better option?  Maybe a virtualized server or a jail?

There are indeed less expensive solutions available.  For instance, you 
may want to take a look at my signature below. ;-)

    Uwe
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