[NTLUG:Discuss] Which dsl isps will survive? ( Directlink.net is going out of business )

[Fred James]

Other than space and amount of traffic included in price, one major
difference between the $10/m (or up to $19.95/m) and $299/a site is
functionality.
The "non-commercial" will normally allow only static pages, while the
"commercial" will allow you to shoot yourself in the foot as much as you
like.

Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> Allen Flick wrote:
> >
> > Showing my ignorance I ask for definition of a web hosted site.
> > Sounds like I'd still have to have some ISP to get there in the
> > first place.
> >
> > Assuming I'm wrong above. Then can you please define what a
> > "basic site" would entail. IE what would one get for the $299?
> 
> It all depends what you want.  $299 pa ought to be for some kind of
> commercial site.  For a private web page - or something non-commercial
> like a club, then most $10 per month ISP's will give you 5 to 10Mb of
> managed web space. If you are less picky, there are a gazillion places
> that'll give you free web space - most require that you carry their
> adverts though - so "free" is a relative term.
> 
> Finally, if your web site is for some sort of free software activity
> then you can get multiple Gigabytes of free web space from SourceForge
> and a couple of similar providers.
> 
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