>
> Oh for pity sake... I'll never do that again...
>
    Oh good, that was like telling someone their mother died :( NOT FUNNY!

> I pay $100 a month for the co-hosted server and bandwidth. We did 19.35 GB
> in March. 12,8424 unique IPs. And if it grows any more I'm going to have 
> to
> start selling ads. $23 a month from the monthly subscribers is a serious
> help, but only $20 in other contributions this year and a few hundred from
> Linistepper and RCL1 sales is not going to make the wife happy with my
> little hobby if my bandwidth charge goes up again.

> Selling ads or accepting corporate sponsorship to support that
> bandwidth will forever change the "tone" (heart? Spirit? Soul?) of the 
> list
> and make it something less than what it is, IMHO.
>

I've been happy with my co-hosted server. I've paid $100/month now for a few 
years at EV1
and get over 400 gig a month with a class A address sitting right on the 
backbone. I play
with PICS for a hobby and my server has been for my own development purposes 
and so
friends and family could have a place to put their web sites and photos. 
It's not tied to any
business or corporation. I would hate to see the PIC LIST start to have to 
make money with
ads and companies trying to figure the best way to market to everyone on the 
list. When that
starts your right, heart? Spirit? Soul? GONE!   19.35 gb/month isn't even a 
dent, if the wife
starts to growl feel free to contact me, I throw away more bandwidth a month 
then I use.


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