I second that... Just make sure you get an external DSL Modem and you will
be in good shape.
John Johnson
Administrator Cyber Bytes Online.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mage Grimau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] ANNOUNCE: nebsllc.com is DOWN!
> You don't need Windows to get a decent DSL rate. Contact Covad.
>
> --- Christopher Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It is with great regret that we announce that effective immediatly
> > nebsllc.com is down for FTP, CVSUP, HTTP, RSYNC and other services. We
> > have re-routed our mailling list services to our vertial host so all
mail
> > services will be unaffected. My email address remains
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > For the past 27 months we have been able to maintain our low cost
internet
> > feed by using AT&T's @HOME service. At 1pm EDT this afternoon someone
took
> > it upon themselves to report us to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was copied on the
> > message so I did actually see it. It appears that there was not any
malice
> > towards my system, but rather towards the @home people who had shut down
> > another server. Strangely enough they sent me an email warning message
> > after they cut my connect.
> >
> > After some severe scrambling, blocking ports, etc. I was able to re-gain
> > my outgoing connections I have a vertial server that I use for backup
> > purposes only that I can re-route some of my activity towards.
> >
> > My current server (@home) contains over 32 Gig of files supporting
various
> > open source projects. Last month we transfered close to 112 Gig of files
> > via FTP and close to 124 Gig of data via HTTP. I do not have any stats
> > on this from Rsync or CVSUP.
> >
> > To maintain a server such as this on a commercial connection will cost
me
> > a minimum of $850 per month and this is not going to happen. Strangly
> > enough if I where to run Windows I could get DSL service much cheaper at
> > $199/month. Unfortunaly I hate winblows and won't run it. And I can not
> > afford $850 per month. So the server goes.
> >
> > I will still compile my kde2 builds, someone just needs to give me a
place
> > to put it. The mailing lists will remain active. Unfortunatly all those
> > getting cvsup feeds from me and rsync feeds from me need to find a new
> > home.
> >
> > Please let me know if you have any questions.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
>
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