[rescue] Wanted: more that just a 24-bit framebuffer in .uk

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 08:58:23AM +0100, Paul Sladen wrote:
> Trouble is, everything I do at the moment basically has to have a
> no-cost-startup option, and lowish risk.  The American system of cascading
> credit cards and endless debt is /not/ the answer for me.
> 
> So for /my/ attempt, my plans are based on what I can setup for free.
> I can allocate myself a /29 and an invoice with the words `descretionary
> discount: zero' for the colo;  the next problem is how to build a pair
> machines, and find six disks for a pair of RAID setups?
> 
> If anyone wants to give me the impedious, and wants hosting, domains or
> something that an ordinary telco doesn't want to know about;  I want to be
> able to give that on a cheep (nee cost), or free basis for individuals
> and `worthy causes'; and if I make any profit from Businesses....
> ....well, then.... it can help feed me.
> 
> So my particular graphics want is more a means to an end;  if I can get
> myself enough of a machine (for my personal use) to be able to do some
> graphics (drawing) work, and can find a couple of people with a despire for
> a over-priced website, then maybe I can keep myself out of the shit for a
> little bit longer before I have to resort to manual work.

Where are you geographically located?  I personally am interested in a
getting a box colocated, but so far everything I've found that would be
affordable wants me to "rent" a box from them.  The "rent" is cheap
enough, but they are crappy boxes.  And these companies aren't anywhere
particularly near me.  

What I really want is a place less than $100 a month (obviously sacrifices
of some sort would have been made to get that cheap), and relatively close
to me, and reasonably reliable.  So far I'm having poor luck finding such
a place, but I can't quite afford $200 a month either...  But I'm getting
to be more and more dissatisfied with my current setup of internet service
providers.  They are proving to be highly unreliable, and extremely
agrevating.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd