[nzlug] NZLUG / Linux.net.nz Donations and Advertising

[Andrew Errington]

On Mon, 14 May 2007 13:39, you wrote:
> Joel van Velden wrote:
> >> After the recent unpleasantness, we have moved away from contra deals
> >> with local providers to host our server and purchased a commercial
> >> virtual server in the US. This means our operating costs have
> >> increased.
> >
> > <snip>
> > Is this really necessary? Is there no-body else willing to host the box
> > in nz?
> > To my knowledge all the box would do is host ten reasonably low traffic
> > mailman mailing lists and a small website. I can't see how it would be
> > difficult to find a host.
> >
> > >From a personal point of view i would *much* rather keep linux.net.NZ
> >
> > inside nz.
>
> So would I, however the two recent issues (hardware failure +
> compromise) have shown the usefulness of paying money to someone: you
> get to yell at them until they fix it.
>
> You can't do that with donated hosting, and paid hosting in NZ is an
> order of magnitude or two higher than in the US...

How much are we talking about?

i.e. what resources do we require, and how much is being charged?

I pay $52 per year for my hosting with http://kiwiwebhost.co.nz, I get 10Mb 
of web space and 1Gb/mo traffic.  Oh, and I pay $39.95 for my domain.

I have no idea if this is adequate, or entirely inadequate, for the 
purposes of this list, but without some figures no-one can really say 
whether their suggestion is better or not.

Andrew