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[Jim Choate]

On Mon, 12 May 2003, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> But I don't understand why an extra 100 messages a day or even 1000
> messages a day would be a big deal for a server with a fast Net connection.
> If it's DSL or cable modems, that makes sense.

Even 128kb/s ISDN does not appreciably bog. At current loads I use less
than 10% of my bandwidth on average. I do see spikes that hit 100% but
they last for minutes.

> But if it's on a server with bandwidth charges, and that's the issue,
> does it make sense to take up a collection to offest the cost? (I'm
> thinking of asking for the same thing with Politech, since server
> hosting is getting expensive.)

A SDSL commerical feed is around $250 a month and you can host your own
name server and such.

Why should users pay for that? You're just trying to get a free ride.


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