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Considerations When Accepting Bandwidth Donations?

Posted by Cliff on from the what-should-one-worry-about dept.

dnotj asks: "I'm involved in a project that is growing fast and is going to soon outgrow it's current hosting location. I've had a couple of offers for donating bandwidth (and servers in one case). Basically free colocation or dedicated servers. Since this isn't a revenue generating project, it's going to be necessary to migrate this project and it's related website to a location with adequate bandwidth. What kinds of questions should I be asking these generous organizations that make these offers? I just want to make sure I cover all my bases before jumping on one of these offers."

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  1. The IRS by raisinets · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bandwidth donations are taxed. I did some guy's tax returns last year and we calculated he lost almost 100 per month on just a T-1 line.

    J