[KLUG Members] at-home cops, evading the

[Roth, Stephan 75055-5]

On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 08:31:56 -0400
 Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com> wrote:
> > > Or take the legal route and host the pages on the
> server space you
> > > already have.  At home provides space for personal
> pages which sounds
> > > exactly like what you want to do.
> > 
> > I just tried that ... and maxed out the disk space
> quota without getting
> > all of the 199 wedding photos & thumbnails up. Their
> idea of a personal
> > web and mine differ radically. I don't consider a
> handful of pics to be
> > worth bothering with. Even after deleting some
> non-essential stuff that
> > was already up there, it maxed out. Using the
> additional space for
> > additional accounts requires an awful lot of re-writing
> and just doesn't
> > make much sense to me.
> 
> You should weigh the consequences before you act.  Is it
> worth the risk
> of having your athome account canceled?  Do you have
> other options, like
> DSL, or would you be back to a dialup connection?
> 
> If you've been using broadband so long, you've forgot
> what dialup is like,
> I recommend you try it for awhile to refresh your memory.
> It's not fun!
> I know, that's the only option available at home.
> 
> Also, have you looked into the free web page services?  I
> never used them,
> but are services like geocities still free???
> 
> The other legal way to do it is to check into a
> "business" connection with
> a DSL or cable provider.  (or pay for hosting off site)
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
> System Administrator / Network Administrator
> Armstrong International, Inc.
> Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
> http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
> --------------------------------------------
For what its worth, Brinkster.com offers free web space that
should be sufficient for your purposes.  I have toyed with
the idea myself but have always run up against the same
issues.  It ain't worth to go back to dial up or spend $600
to put Starband in.
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