Web Site Monitoring service - any suggestion

[blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)]

Dave Peters wrote:
> I am looking for 3rd party web site monitoring
> service.

dslreports.com offers a bare bones service:
http://www.dslreports.com/schedule

at a cost of about $1 per week per IP.

Here's a screen shot of the reports it produces:
http://i.dslr.net/mon_demo.gif


I haven't used it, so I can't comment on the quality.

They list how many IPs they're monitoring. By my calculations this 
service is generating about $65K of gross revenue a year for them.

It seems like this kind of basic monitoring service is something that 
BLU could provide for a fraction of that cost. A few volunteers to run 
it, automated subscription billing through PayPal, and enough revenue to 
cover hardware and hosting costs, with the rest going to fund other BLU 
activities.

  -Tom

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