Here’s A Hosting Provider You’ll Probably Want To Avoid

[ppixel01]

That is why we host our own site ourselves. so when ever it is down or got problem you have nothing to worry about.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by ppixel01

That is why we host our own site ourselves. so when ever it is down or got problem you have nothing to worry about.

Sure you do. What happens if your upstream connection goes off line?

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Sure you do. What happens if your upstream connection goes off line?

You dial up to another one?

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by sarettah

You dial up to another one?

We used to call that a one line BBS.
One person at a time!

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by gonzo

We used to call that a one line BBS.
One person at a time!

lolol. We used to have the dungeon limited to one hour a day.

Renegade rocked !

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by sarettah

lolol. We used to have the dungeon limited to one hour a day.

Renegade rocked !

Cott Lang is still a homo.

[Toby]

Originally Posted by gonzo

We used to call that a one line BBS.
One person at a time!

Ahhh, we're waxing nostalgic this morning.

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[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Toby

Ahhh, we're waxing nostalgic this morning.

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Robomail and EzReader!

Its called googlereader now and RSS.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by Toby

Ahhh, we're waxing nostalgic this morning.

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Renegade/speakeasy network forever!

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by sarettah

You dial up to another one?

Hey, I ran one of these...I actually had two phone lines, SLMail, and our very own site in 1997.

Then, we basically turned into an email relay, and it wrecked our bandwidth.

[raymor]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Sure you do. What happens if your upstream connection goes off line?

Or how about if someone comes in and takes your stuff while you're at lunch?
For most webmasters, they have a copy of their site in their office and a copy
on their server. Since their are two copies they still have one should one get
stolen. Hosting it out of your office it sounds like someone could come in and
take everything - you wouldn't even have a copy left. So I'd say you have MORE
to worry about, rather than nothing to worry about.

That said, we have dual high speed connections here in our office, so we have a
development server here that we use for experimenting, not doing anything critical,
and also one running a VOIP service for a local non-profit - again, not a critical service,
as it fails over nicely if the server disappears. We also have someone here virtually
24/7, four very obvious security cameras out front, and alarm system loud enough to
cause permanent hearing damage if you don't get out within two minutes.