[olug] Basic cheap local hosting?

[Kevin]

I don't know if they force you into a business account, but I have hosted
my own Apache site at home. I do know that they block inbound tcp/80.
However, they don't block inbound tcp/443 or tcp/8080, so one of those
options might be worth considering.
If the only visitors are sufficiently savvy, then give them the URL and
have them either memorize or bookmark it.
On Dec 4, 2011 7:08 PM, "T. J. Brumfield" <enderandrew at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was under the impression that Cox won't offer a static IP with home
> internet, so you have to a pay a fortune for business internet.
>
> I have considered looking a dynamic DNS service, but I heard that Cox will
> force you into business internet if they detect your hosting a web server.
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Lou Duchez <lou at paprikash.com> wrote:
>
> > I went for years from one hosting company to another, and in each case,
> at
> > some point tech support failed me mightily.  At the last company, after a
> > seventeen-day server outage because I couldn't get past tier one tech
> > support, I resolved to host my own site.  Just about any old computer
> will
> > run Linux well enough for a low-bandwidth site, and now when I need to
> > contact tech support, the guy may be a jerk but he takes my problems
> > seriously.  It's been five years now and I haven't looked back.
> >
> > I assume you've got DSL or cable at home; how much to add a static IP
> > address?  If static is too pricy, you can always get dynamic DNS thru
> > www.dyn.com or elsewhere.
> >
> >  I need to host a low bandwidth Wordpress site. Really, I don't need
> >> anything more than a shared hosting account. But everyone I've tried
> >> doesn't allow me to do page caching, so performance is pretty poor.
> >>
> >> I actually just signed up for a hosting service the other day because
> the
> >> sales staff assured me without a doubt that I could do opcode caching. I
> >> migrated my domain and site over, only to find it isn't enabled on the
> >> server. In fact, pretty much any Apache module I need for that caching
> >> plugin isn't installed and they're not willing to install any of them,
> >> including some really basic/common modules like mod_deflate and
> >> mod_rewrite. The technical staff state that no one should have reason to
> >> use those.
> >>
> >> After migrating this site five times already from one terrible host to
> >> another, I'm curious if anyone on this list can recommend a good, cheap
> >> service, or if they one of their own?
> >>
> >> I could rent a VPS through Linode, except that seems overkill for a
> single
> >> Wordpress install that will get minimal traffic.
> >>
> >> -- T. J. Brumfield
> >> "I'm questioning my education
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> >> I'm a seed, wondering why it grows"
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