[olug] Cox Issues Was: Cox sucks

[Dan Clough]

Phil Brutsche wrote:
> Jay Swackhamer wrote:
>   
>> If a non-profit were formed, you could possibly get some corporate support.
>>
>> Hobbyist and R&D........
>>     
>
> I think a non-profit was discussed at one point in the past, let me dig
> it up... aha, March 2005, I can post the messages some place if someone
> wants to dig through them.
>
> Last time it came up there was a lot of serious discussion but it
> fizzled out, unless someone set it up and didn't tell me! It keeps
> coming up though.
>
>   
I'm wary of community datacenters - look at ChiCCP.  They've been up to 
their ears in financial troubles ever since their main backer (Online 
Policy Group) cut them off.  They're relying solely on member donations 
and the goodwill of their board members - and that's in Chicago where 
datacenters are a dime a dozen and the market is rather competitive.

Omaha's a different breed when it comes to telecommunications.  Sure, 
we've got STRATCOM/Offutt, but there is only one true datacenter in town 
that offers rackspace (CoSentry).  Unless the community datacenter would 
be located at RTU or in someone's basement, you'd be charged top-dollar 
at CoSentry for rackspace, bandwidth (the quote I was given per Mbps was 
in the hundreds), etc.  (In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they 
charged you for toilet paper in the bathroom.)

-Dan