Re: Candidacy Support Statement - President or Ordinary Council Member
Russell Stuart <russell-humbug-M7Clnf/[email protected]>
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On Fri, 2016-12-09 at 11:57 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> [0] I really don't understand why this bit would be an issue. Paying
> $200 for ten month's hosting by any random cheap provider for an
> unmanaged throwaway instance for evaluation purposes
Do you think LA is made of money? Why spend $20/mo when you can get
away with $5 (including a 2 wildcard SSL cert's thrown in):
https://lowendbox.com/blog/vmbox-co-2gb-ovz-w-2-free-wildcare-ssl-5m/#more-9302
The bit about "made of money" is in jest. The real point is web
hosting for a site that only attracts a hit a second or so is
essentially free. So is backup - Humbug's hourly snapshot to S3 costs
Humbug around $0.60/month.