From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 07:07:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08D6716A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 07:07:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wrongcrowd.com (dsl231-043-085.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96FBA43D49 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 07:07:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@wrongcrowd.com) Received: from [192.168.1.95] (port=3012 helo=tbird.wrongcrowd.com) by wrongcrowd.com with esmtp (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD)) id 1Ch0ZA-0006nG-2a for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:05:49 -0800 Message-Id: <6.1.2.0.2.20041221225753.0b120eb0@wrongcrowd.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.2.0 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:08:17 -0800 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Matt Staroscik In-Reply-To: <20041222064412.A768916A4D5@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20041222064412.A768916A4D5@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) Subject: Re: Running own servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 07:07:57 -0000 >What's the most popular option? Is it buying a business DSL or T1 >service or is it to colocate it? All of them are pricey. :( You can get high quality residential service with a static IP for a lot less than what your cable company would charge for that one fixed IP. For example, I get 1.5/768 service from Speakeasy for $90/mo, with 2 fixed IPs. That isn't a ton of upstream, but it is enough to let me do my own web server, mail server, and private music stream so I can listen to all my tunes at work. My web content draws over 40k pageviews a month... several gigs of data sent upstream to approx 10k unique users. It's not corporate scale but it's fine for a hobbyist. Speakeasy's policy explicitly allows you to run your own servers with the exception of IRC. They are a really, really good ISP. (Check dslreports.com for more reviews and recommendations) $90/mo (plus taxes) isn't chump change but I really enjoy running my own server so it is worth it to me. It is probably possible to co-lo for less, but this way I have complete control over everything. If I want to try something new, I just do it. Before Speakeasy, I used an ATT cable modem. It was a dynamic IP but they only changed it on me once every 6 months, so I got by for quite a while. See if you can figure out what your lease time is before you get a new ISP. It might be good enough to get your feet wet. Good luck and have fun! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= matt@wrongcrowd.com * KF6IYW * http://wrongcrowd.com "I am Matt Staroscik and I approved this message."