[SATLUG] Attn: Bob Tracy

[K. Spoon]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 12:15:46PM -0600, Geoff wrote:
> >Using RR biz-class?  
> 
> Nope.  Residential

Cool that they've lightened up on that.
 
> > I ended up opting for a hosted server [...]
> 
> Why pay someone else what you can do on a linux box, at home, for free?

Because I can't do it on a linux box, at home, for free.[*]  :)  Some of
the stuff that I want to do and am doing is greatly helped by improved
bandwidth and a fixed IP address.

My point here wasn't so much to try and talk you into spending more
money nor to imply "my rig is better than yours" (sorry if it came off
that way), but to drop some hints as to how someone would go about taking it
beyond personal use and setup something that would be applicable for a
small-medium business setting or a startup situation where your IT
budget is $50/month, two paperclips, and a pat on the head.

Like you said, it's a public list.  And I know that I personally have
found a lot of useful information that has helped me in my past jobs by
simply googling LUG mail archives.   :)


[*] Basically, I need:

- the extra bandwidth for public services (webservers, jabber, and 
  file downloads)
- a fixed, public IP that can be used to anchor 3 geographically
  disperse private IP LANs that are all using dynamically assigned IPs
  for their gateways for stuff like a VPN, asterisk, shared printing,
  etc
 
-- 
K. Spoon <kell at spoonix.com>