Author: martin fierz
Date: 04:17:28 09/29/04
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On September 29, 2004 at 06:16:30, Russell Reagan wrote: >On September 29, 2004 at 05:03:32, Aaron Gordon wrote: > >>There are about 27,000 counter-strike gaming servers running on peoples >>computers all over the USA. I have my webpages DNS going straight to my cable >>modem and run my FTP as well as email from my own server. No problems there. >>I've had my ISPs technicians come in (fixing cable modem problems) and have seen >>my entire setup.. which includes my server routing out multiple computers >>through my connection. They really couldn't care less. >> >>I seriously doubt an ISP is going to care if you run a forum off your >>connection. You pay for the connection and you can download/upload constanly if >>you want. The forum is going to be MUCH less harsh on the connection than that. > > >I don't think that is a good way to run a website. I think this is what Steve is >trying to say. He has done a quality job running this website. There are plenty >of people willing to take over, but the quality is likely to suffer. No offense, >but your proposal is such an example. It may work fine, or it may go offline >everytime the "sort of static" IP address changes, or when the ISP decides >you're violating the acceptable usage policy, or when your electricity goes out, >or when you need to replace your motherboard, or when you need to replace your >motherboard but can't afford a new motherboard until next month because you had >to buy a new air conditioner unit this month, or whatever else happens at your >home that a business backed website is better prepared to handle. i don't believe a word. to get an ISP for a place like CCC should cost very little money (a few 100 bucks a year at most, certainly not a few 1000 as it is now). perhaps steve can tell us how much bandwidth CCC needs. for examples, check this out: http://www.hostdirection.com/ you get a host for 10$ a month these days, and if you need a lot of bandwidth it comes up to about 50$ per month. that's 600$ per year and steve is asking for about 10x as much... the ISP will provide you with the service you need, he will have a server which is well protected and up-to-date; so all these horror stories about replacing the motherboard or no electricity are no issue. the real issue is to find moderators who do the dirty work. but since these are not part of ICC today, i doubt there will be a problem with that. cheers martin
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