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Re: Opinions on Comcast

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From: Larry J.
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:31
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Waiving the right to remain silent, Michelle Steiner
<michelle@michelle.org> said: 

> In article <Xns9711A92B0AE3Dthefrogprince@70.169.32.36>,
>  "Larry J." <usenet2@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Why would you want to run your own servers, do all that
>> maintenance, and run the risk of port attacks when there are
>> hundreds of them you can contract for a few bucks a month..? 
> 
> Because I want to; it gives me full control over them.  And the 
> maintenance is rather simple and easy--almost non existent.

I've always had pretty much full control over my rented web space and 
email servers.  I also like the 99.99% uptime of rented space, and 
they pay for all the rudundancy and backups.
 
> I used to run an email server, listserve, web server, and ftp
> server on a spare computer in my home.

Well, if you like tinkering and being a hobbyist, I suppose that's 
reason enough...


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Subject: Re: Opinions on Comcast
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