From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 16 02:31:35 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBF7816A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:31:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp9.wanadoo.fr (smtp9.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D5F743D48 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:31:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0907.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 86DAB1C00153 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:31:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf0907.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 6527D1C00151 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:31:33 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050216023133414.6527D1C00151@mwinf0907.wanadoo.fr Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:31:32 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <66753302.20050216033132@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200502151655.43509.krinklyfig@spymac.com> References: <42125E71.30804@tbc.net> <200502151655.43509.krinklyfig@spymac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Assuming We Want FreeBSD to Grow: Who Is It For? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:31:35 -0000 Joshua Tinnin writes: > I agree that FreeBSD can help such people, and in fact that's how I > discovered it, while looking for a decent server OS for a home project. > However, what you don't mention here is that Joe or Jane really needs a > static IP. Most of the time this means upgrading their account. If a > number of other people use the account at the same time, or if > bandwidth usage is heavy on that line for other reasons, then it means > getting a separate account so that the bandwidth needed for the server > won't be used up. The $35/mo. doesn't make much of a difference when > you're looking at the problems involved, and it may in fact cost less > than trying to host it yourself. A client of mine pays $100/yr. for > *nix hosting for a site I created. If I were to host it for him it > would cost me more than that, and I'd have to charge him a lot more, as > I'd need a second line here. And a top-notch server with a maximum of > 786Kbit (not byte) up is going to hit the bandwidth wall before it even > needs to be top-notch. By far the biggest problem with running one's own server today is paying for the Internet access. Home and SOHO Internet bandwidth is dramatically overpriced, and ISPs provide very poor service to people running a business over broadband from home, even when they are paying for a "professional" account. Ultimately the limiting factor on what one can do with one's own server is the amount of money one is prepared to pay each month in telecom charges. -- Anthony