On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 08:05:37AM -0800, Jason DeStefano wrote: > If the price cant be competitive then your suggestion has > no merit. I tend to see the part about "groups of people grouping together to fund colocated machines", instead of individuals doing it themselves, as an implicit admission that colo is (substantially) more expensive. Also, don't forget that your $90/month includes a few things that a single colo box doesn't. Based on the price breakdown you gave earlier, it also includes: - An ISP account, which I'm sure you would still have to pay for if coloing (that server won't do you much good if you can't dial in somewhere to access the net) - High-speed net access for your own usage (which brings telco/cableco back into the picture, with all their headaches) - The ability to easily add boxes and make up to 5 of them (you mentioned having an 8 IP block) directly visible to the outside world at no extra cost (what would you be charged to colo 5 boxes instead of 1?) In the price breakdown you gave, you would save, IIRC, $50/month by dropping the 'server' part of your DSL arrangement (the 'home office' add-on and the /29 subnet), so you should be making colo compete against that price rather than the full $90. -- "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+