[juneau-lug] Re: Local hosting

Free pipe as in free DSL? Or free ethernet connectivity? When I worked
in Internet Tech Support for ACS there were some non-profit groups that
were comp'd services, not sure how much or what kind but it is something
that I can look into for you guys. I may not live in Juneau anymore but
as I idle through this list it does seem to feel closer. :)

-Sean

Kevin Miller wrote:
> Has anyone ever asked ACS/GCI, etc. if they might be interested in
> giving the lug a free pipe and we'd put up a nice "Sponsered by [YOUR
> NAME HERE] on the web?  Maybe the lug could set up it's own hosts.
> Quess the question then would be, where could it live?=20
> 
> 
> ...Kevin
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> [mailto:juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Myron Davis
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 9:38 AM
> To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: Local hosting
> 
> I looked into this heavily, called GCI ACS, everything however every
> single
> time I called I got the run around over and over again never getting
> anywhere.  I never could nail either one of them down on a price for
> anything.  They always wanted to call me back;  and I never got a call
> back.
> My new box is going, it's got 4 opteron 1.8ghz processors, 4 gigabytes
> of
> ram, terabyte of disk space (750gb usable through a 3ware 9500 raid
> controller), on a 100mbit connection in seattle running gentoo-hardened.
> I'm still putting it through its paces so I haven't opened it up to the
> public just quite yet;  if you don't mind sharing you're welcome to move
> in
> with me...  I'm still keeping my other server in san francisco but that
> one
> is pretty well max'd all of the time.
> 
> You wouldn't get root on it the opteron but it is free.
> 
> You could always try renting a dedicateed server, I recomend
> layered-tech,
> I've been very happy with them they are just a little farther away
> though
> and I wanted something in seattle.  check out webhostingtalk.com
> probably
> the best place for co-lo's and stuff.
> 
> On 3/8/06, James Zuelow <James_Zuelow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>Are there any affordable hosting companies that are more or less
> 
> local?
> 
>>
>>AIT is driving me crazy.  For example I can't send mail from my own
>>domain, because of their "different" DNS practices.  Do a host lookup
> 
> on
> 
>>mail.zuelow.net and you won't get a hostname - so my mail bounces from
>>any server that is locked down at all.
>>
>>
>>
>>So I'm looking for a different hosting option, preferably one that
> 
> would
> 
>>let me run Debian and manage it myself via ssh.  Local would be very
>>nice, or at least a local contact.  I guess it doesn't matter where
> 
> the
> 
>>physical machine lives.
>>
>>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>>James
>>
>>
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