<VV> Hosting (no Corvair)

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi Tim,

You are confusing "Hosting" with "Web hosting".  Web services are a subset of hosting.  "Hosting" can include a lot of things - all of which are available from various hosting providers.  I can guarantee you that you can pay over $900 per year for hosting from any number of providers, including Simplehost.  Using SimpleHost as an example, to replace the server here would at *minimum* require their service that *starts* at $40/month and goes up to $100/month.  I can see some advantages to going that way.  I can see some disadvantages too.  CORSA actually pays $850/year for hosting - are the potential advantages worth $370 in savings?  Is it worth risking  that it might coast $1200/year instead of $850?

This is sort of like buying an "engine".  A Corvair engine could reasonably cost $50.  It could also cost $5000.  The question is, what are you getting?

--Bryan

On Mar 9, 2010, at 9:08 PM, Tim Verthein wrote:

> If we're not "getting it" it's because the information is not being offered. "Hosting" means Hosting.  If Bryan is providing additional services which apparently he is, then I'm sure it's of value to us.  But $900 for hosting for a year is nuts.