A first class parcel costs $1.05 plus .17 per ounce. That's pretty cheap.
Ken On 03/12/2011 09:53 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 3/11/2011 11:32 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: >> I'm not sure how typical my situation is, but it costs me about $20 to >> download 1GB of data, so it's not exactly cheap to download the latest >> EMC2. I wonder if there would be a demand for EMC2 on some sort of flash >> media? How cheap could it be? > I didn't see anyone directly address your question, Kirk. > > Looking at my latest MicroCenter flyer, 2GB USB flash drives are going > for about 5USD, retail. I couldn't find anyone advertising quantity > discounts, but I didn't look very hard. > > I'm not sure about the best method for shipment, but the lowest postal > service rate is 2.38USD for "media mail" up to 1 pound. Let's call it > 3USD to account for packaging. > > Not counting the labor/time to acquire, burn, and test the flash drive, > that's about 8USD delivered, or about 40 percent of your current cost. > If you provided your own flash drive, the cost would fall to about > 5-6USD (e.g., the cost of shipping the drive both ways). > > Burning CDs instead would result in a cost somewhere around 3-4USD, > although more time is required to burn and test the CD. > > It seems to me this method is most likely to work well by pairing up > with a buddy who has better Internet access rather than depending on the > EMC2 developers. > > I'm not sure, though, what you mean by "the latest EMC2." If this means > the latest LiveCD distribution, then the burden on the buddy is pretty > minimal. If you mean "EMC2 as of last night" along with an fully patched > Ubuntu, then the burden on the buddy is greater. > > Regards, > Kent > > (willing to be a small-time buddy) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
