4gb a month for text messages seems extreme as well. I would think it = would be 4GB total. -----Original Message----- From: Bob Axtell [mailto:cr_axtell@YAHOO.COM] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:43 AM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: ] More PICList in danger. Get a domain, rent a server? Christ, 4GB a DAY? That's hard to believe, frankly... Are you not sure = that he said 4GB a MONTH? If that's the case, no wonder MIT is balking.. --Bob At 10:47 AM 7/30/2003 -0400, you wrote: >On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 06:02:22 -0700 Bob Axtell = wrote: > > >Actually, the VERY BEST solution would be for us to buy our own time = on a > >server who can dish it out, then buy GOOD listserve software and do = it > >ourselves. My guess is that it wouldn't cost more than $200/yr to = run, and > >we'd have complete control of it. We could rotate the workload among > >ourselves. I'd be willing to handle it for 3-4 days/month; that means = only > >9 other guys need to assist. Lets discuss it. > > Actually it's more like $1100. I run a chess site > (www.net-chess.com) which I was going to shut down due to lack of good > hosting. Instead I started accepting donations and now it pays for = itself. > I use servepath.com, and the $1100 option will limit you to 100Gb = of > transfer per month. If the PICList generates 4Gb per day, that ain't > gonna cut it, but the $2100 option would (500Gb of transfer). The > servers have a 40Gb hard drive which I hope would suffice. > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList >mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu --------------- NOTICE 1. This account can accept email & attachments up to 10M in size. 2. Federal Monitors: At request of client, some attachments are = encrypted. Please DO NOT delay traffic; please reply with credentials for password. -------------- -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu