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> I need some advice for a website my relatives asked me to create.
> They're going to put several audio and video files from family events
> on the website so our relatives and friends from all around the world
> can access them. The problem is that we're using one of those free
> sites like tripod and geocities because we can't afford anything else
> at the moment. So we thought that we could mirror the site or
> something. So that people in certain parts of the world each go to a
> different website to get the files instead of getting them all from
> the same place. But then we thought maybe we could make one of our
> computers into a server and people could download directly from that
> computer. The problem with that is that we're both on 56k dialup. But
> that shouldn't be a problem if we make it so only 1 person can
> download at a time and they would get about 3kbps which isn't too bad.
> If we did it this way then we wouldn't have to spend hours and hours
> uploading the files to various websites. Of course then there's the
> problem that we only have 1 phone line and are therefore only online
> at nights for about 11hrs.
>
> So what do you think would be the best thing to do?

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> But then we thought maybe we could make one of our
> computers into a server and people could download directly from that
> computer. The problem with that is that we're both on 56k dialup.

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> Mike wrote:
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> If you're on dial-up then using your computer as a web server is probably
> against the terms and conditions of your ISP. Even most home ADSL
> providers do not allow it. (Although mine does.)
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> Also, the vast majority of dial-up ISPs assign you dynamic IPs, which
> means that your web site would constantly jump around the Internet,
> breaking links every time your disconnected and reconnected your computer.

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> Toby A Inkster <UseTheAddressInMySig@deadspam.com> wrote in message

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> I did check the policy and it did say that was prohibited but could
> someone explain why it would be? I mean is the problem about bandwidth
> consumption or something else? I sit here several nights a week for
> 4-11hrs straight downloading homemade movies/videos from relatives in
> Greece. I download songs from my cousin's band in Portland. I upload
> to them pictures and videos from current family events and all that is
> allowed.
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> What's the difference between doing that and turning my computer into
> a web server or ftp for 11hrs a day and doing the exact same thing?
> It's all the same thing. It doesn't make sense to me. I don't get it.
> That's why I'm asking.

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> Toby A Inkster <UseTheAddressInMySig@deadspam.com> wrote:
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> I did check the policy and it did say that was prohibited but could
> someone explain why it would be?

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