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

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think it sounds interesting, sounds like a lot of work though.

Dale W Hodge wrote:

> > 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.
>
> While an interesting idea, I'm not sure of the practicality of it.  Web
> hosting & shell access is easy, as well as virtual mail domains.  However,
> I'm not sure how well mailing lists would work with virtual domains, if it
> is even possible.  Dial-in access gets costly in a hurry. I'd be inclined to
> offer only a single dial-in number for remote administative access.
>
> > 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?
>
> Co-location wouldn't be bad if we had a block of addresses.  Otherwise,
> we're limited to what can be accomplished with virtual hosts. Another idea
> we might look into is providing dynamic dns services for members, including
> MX backup.  But we have to be careful here, because it's ACLUG that gets
> into trouble if someone does something foolish.
>
> I'd like to see some feedback on this, and if there's interest, we can
> discuss this at our next regular meeting.
>
> --dwh
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