[aclug-L] Re: High-speed server access

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Once SouthWind supports DSL, I'm sure dedicated access will be available
through them... although I don't know what the cost will be.

Something I mentioned once at an after-meeting ACLUG meeting, and we
discussed it for a short while, was the possibility of ACLUG buying a "fast"
connection to the Internet (128k ISDN probably) and putting up a server, and
allowing ACLUG members, for the cost of operations, to host their own web
sites, have shell access, etc, etc... possibly even allow for 33.6k (56k
maybe, but it's much more expensive for small-scale) dialup.  Sort of an
ACLUG Coop ISP.

I'm sure there are others in the group who would like cheap (at-cost) web
hosting, shell access, mailing list management, etc, etc.  Perhaps if we
drummed up enough interest, we could get something going, and then offer a
sort of co-location service to customers who help pay for the cost of
operation?



On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 08:44:20AM -0600, Carl D Cravens wrote:
> I run a 24/7 server (primarily mailing lists, but web and ftp as
> well) that I currently have hooked up via dedicated modem... over $200 a
> month after the cost of a phone line.  The availability of cable modem and
> ADSL makes me feel really, really slow, but neither of these services will
> support/allow dedicated IP and/or 24/7 public servers.  
> 
> Does anybody know of a faster solution in Wichita for dedicated service
> that costs less than what I'm paying now?  ISDN is about twice that in
> speed, but also twice that in price.  
> 
> --
> Carl D Cravens (raven@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> We tend to judge others by their actions, ourselves by our intentions.
>    -Dr. Ed Cole.
> 

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