From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IaFG3-0003Jc-3C for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:35:43 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l8PIPwY5016840; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:25:58 GMT Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.185]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l8PIKdwS009930 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:20:39 GMT Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 19so3523640fkr for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:20:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=HmmLlXsQht/4JopOh769auvJheO+/H9Ev3kTqYq3FKQ=; b=nDGWeiWdpHRC4MwVkBqPt1oGYzj1ZiaUFYSB9RT/cBfUoaC/lVh8ch7P3eqNOwlgm2Qpz8GziYSFSOKIvO0eLDR3ogY6Y1wWIeQja6IC2Nsw1Hpo7La1e8wVH7DEWAOrjkZfuK80d3uT+j7npic32j2qnvwuQVpSst30tTfyGhw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=pRe6+p01TnvLraW4JSozHdhoV4+ACGFhbx10uw+wA/9kjYAtNvK0+w+bvKRLs6PkelEWzWJv29vSML7lae1jzQXQeqF4S5ZZ0XeoyW3n3q2vdfuOwgSXR1TJJTmoLRpahb8uv/EGd6flMwBE6OisWu9OXG+oiKZopCDzheeSJqs= Received: by 10.82.178.11 with SMTP id a11mr7884839buf.1190744438494; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:20:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lappy.study ( [213.162.120.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k9sm919256nfh.2007.09.25.11.20.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:20:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Opinions on Host's Decision Please Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:54:22 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <49bf44f10709211437l67dfa91av64dc4df6b25fa385@mail.gmail.com> <49389B7F-3A67-4EEB-B48A-34D85F7DFC44@screamingdolphin.net> <49bf44f10709241911u104d53e6n929b966c23d19ebf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10709241911u104d53e6n929b966c23d19ebf@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2231981.JG4vbSC849"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200709251854.32931.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: db5375ba-d47b-49d4-ab5b-fd83395f3645 X-Archives-Hash: 7418891ad09b263d8a77182dbcbe2c29 --nextPart2231981.JG4vbSC849 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 25 September 2007, Grant wrote: > > > So much for that. [snip...] > > Customer service in the Internet age :( > > > > I would find a new host, but that's just me. > > Any recommendations? Couldn't you host your own server in the loft or the garage, using an old b= ox=20 for the job? A car battery + inverter for UPS (all second hand of course)= =20 should see you good for not much more than the cheapest of most ISP package= s=20 per year. The catch here is that access speed may not be as good as the mo= re=20 centralised fiber optic data centers with their load sharing, 8 CPU monster= s,=20 but as I assume that you are not running amazon or google you should be=20 OK. ;-) It may be worth checking with your domestic DSL/cable ISP that they do not= =20 throttle traffic and that they allow you to run a server in their T&Cs. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2231981.JG4vbSC849 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBG+UtQ5Fp0QerLYPcRAvqKAKC+UtNSSkAlhQS0f6SUX5zRnATb+wCeMtTw 7iXrHC/hVtWOchYYK7NPnyE= =QCSi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2231981.JG4vbSC849-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list