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Making an Independent Web Site?

Posted by Cliff on from the whatever-happened-to-the-free-internet dept.

KinsmanCa asks: "Lately I've been thinking of opening a website - but looking over what web hosts provide, I don't like the idea of having a bandwith limit of so many gigabtyes per month, or having to be mindful of what the provider considers community standards. How can I create a website that's as independent as possible? By which I mean, pay as few bills to as few people as possible, and have to answer to nobody but the law itself as far as my content goes? Assume that I'm willing to pay a lot as far as hardware or initial setup costs go. How much autonomy can a regular person get on the Internet?"

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  1. I think he's asking.. by S3ph · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think he's indirectly asking slashdot to host his site. Can't you guys take a hunt? :)

  2. Get to know someone by dattaway · · Score: 5, Funny

    Join a Linux User's Group. Get to know the people there who run ISP's. Pay for pizza and beer activities. You may find the friends you make have an affinity for creating community website opportunities.

    Next thing you know, you have a box on a T3 line. Try to get the thing slashdotted. That's pretty much the goal in life as I've seen it.

  3. Re:Cheap solution by orkysoft · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, he's using a P90, so I wouldn't exactly call it demilitarized ;-)

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    I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
  4. The solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just steal a few servers from your local government's traffic light control center and set up shop. Of course, your vistors may be annoyed by the cycling go, caution, stop, go, caution, stop bandwidth.

  5. For maximum freedom by mikosullivan · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... buy a backbone. Last I checked they only cost around $625 million.

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    Miko O'Sullivan