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 > --=20 > Kevin Miller Registered Linux User No: 307357 > CBJ MIS Dept. Network Systems Admin., Mail Admin. > 155 South Seward Street ph: (907) 586-0242 > Juneau, Alaska 99801 fax: (907 586-4500 > =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [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 >> >> >>------------------------------------ >>The Juneau Linux Users Group -- http://www.juneau-lug.org >>This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. >>To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with > >>the word unsubscribe in the subject header. >> > > > ------------------------------------ > The Juneau Linux Users Group -- http://www.juneau-lug.org > This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > the word unsubscribe in the subject header. > ------------------------------------ > The Juneau Linux Users Group -- http://www.juneau-lug.org > This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > word unsubscribe in the subject header. ------------------------------------ The Juneau Linux Users Group -- http://www.juneau-lug.org This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header.