From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 31 13:24:12 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 5B63916A400 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:24:12 +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 47AA713C4A5 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:24:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from javier@kjsl.com) Received: from [64.102.51.199] (dhcp-64-102-51-199.cisco.com [64.102.51.199]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: javier) by skywagon.kjsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21AC42A68C7; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:24:08 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <017501c74514$0e6793c0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <45BE469F.70001@mts.net><015f01c74512$af52b730$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <45C05615.9070301@u.washington.edu> <017501c74514$0e6793c0$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: <1C803951-124B-4650-BCDD-40E032300F46@kjsl.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Javier Henderson Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:24:09 -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: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:24:12 -0000 On Jan 31, 2007, at 3:44 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > The FreeBSD server operators don't pay a dime for bandwidth and > if the bandwidth supplier for freebsd.org made the slightest complaint > about the bandwidth they are donating, there's a passel of ISP's and > networks that would fight each other for the chance of the feather > in the > cap that hosting freebsd.org is. What, exactly, is the benefit to an ISP to wear such a feather? I realize it presents an image of good will, but I wonder how said benefits compare to the cost of providing the hosting, between bandwidth, power, and rack space. Beyond that, showing appreciation for their donation, however small or big it may be, would be nice, no? -jav