MediaOne dns problems

[dave at dpallan.com (David Allan)]

> If you want to serve, try SDSL, or maybe co-locate.  Maybe BLU members
> could organize to share a co-located server, splitting the
> costs/resources, thereby bringing the price down to something manageable?
>  It would probably be a great experience for a sys admin, and users would
> have a taste of the real world where computing resources are shared more
> and more (since computing power is growing quicker than needs).

I think Chris' point is valid--the Cablemodems and ADSL aren't really that
useful for hosting servers.  I hosted an SMTP box on ADSL with a static
IP, and that was acceptable, but not commercial quality (this is PacBell
in San Francisco).  I wouldn't have done anything that required immediate
response.

I really gave it up though, because I did not like managing the security
of servers at yet another site.  I now have my domain hosted at pair.com
out of Pittsburgh, (I think), and for $9/month, I get email and a small
site.  If you pay them more, you can do fairly complex stuff, CGI, SQL
backend, etc.  I originally did it as a temporary thing as I was moving,
but it's so easy and cheap I left it up there.

Dave

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