Homebrew PCBs

Steve wrote:

>I already started another Yahoogroup just for files, but only a few
>have joined it.
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>
  Well things like that get a bit obtuse, I've seen it done before and 
the percentage of use is usually very low on secondary outlets..

>For that matter, I'd rather keep "control" of any URLs, etc. Just
>because I've seen this happen before in several other groups/clubs
>where someone who has control of some vital resource has a family
>emergency, divorce, job change, or falling out with the group and that
>resource becomes inaccessible or worthless to the group.
>  
>
  :)  I almost went ahead and put this stuff in, control always comes up 
like it's a big issue so it was predictable.  Note that you never have 
full control unless you have your own server at your own house.  Short 
of that you always have to maintain backups, your website could 
disappear instantly with no warning, no matter how 'reliable' the host 
seems.
  While I don't have the full reseller's package for selling tons of 
websites, even the basic accounts where I'm at can split off accounts.  
11 months to go on the year I just paid for..  While there is always the 
possibility that something could happen, it only takes a few minutes to 
redirect your domain to somewhere else.  Even if I got mad lol and shut 
it off in 6 months or something, you wouldn't be out a thing really.  $5 
for even a month is not bad..  If you buy a domain name, you can 
redirect it whereever you want whenever you like..  Only took a few 
minutes to redirect modellights.com to my subdomain 
modellights.superference.com, and that was the first time I ever looked 
at doing it.  The Yahoo deal was too cheap to pass up for another domain 
name for 5 years..

  Besides, after another doubling the amount of space/bandwidth would be 
nothing to me, maybe you are filling in $5 per month instead of just $5 
really registering.  $5 for a year (actually an eternity, the $20 
doubling fees are one time, after that they renew along with my basic 
account with no more $20..) of say 1 GB and 40 GB/month or so is very 
little money, heck not even 2 gallons of gas now..  After another 
doubling to 8 GB and 320 GB/month, I'd never even notice it.

>I get my website via NeonHQ.com. They have been very reliable. One
>current deal is 200Megs (five times the 20M/20M space in Files and
>Photos here), 3Gig bandwidth for $5 a month. Domain registration is
>$9.50 the first time, $8 a year after. Not the cheapest, but reliable
>and unlike some like Net Solutions, we'd own the domain name.
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>

>That's about $70 a year. Honestly I think it'd be tough to get 70
>people to reliably donate $1 a year. But requiring payment would have
>a freezing affect on the list. If I were not so broke, I'd just cover
>it myself.
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  Of coure it'd be tough to get $70, but hmm  $5 per month for 200Megs 
and 3Gigs BW  vs a one time $5 for a Gig and 40 GB/month.  Whole reason 
I mentioned it was because the math is very favorable with my hosting 
account and the doubling taking advantage of the doublings that have 
already been done, far better than $70 a year.  Actually I wouldn't care 
less about 200 Megs and 10/GB per month or so, so setting it up 
anyway..  Homebrewpcb.superference.com, may need a domain pointed to it 
to limit the bandwidth, but probably some way to do it just as a 
subdomain, I haven't looked at it yet.  Seperate FTP for it is a breeze 
but it'll be later in the week before I can get to it, too many other 
things going on right now that's why I've hardly been reading the list 
lately..  Just put it up so it'll propagate for now.  Left the s off on 
purpose, if you get a domain to point it'll be easier to set it up as 
new redirected domain, then copy and destroy the old subdomain.

Alan