Subj : Re: Bbs hosting
To   : bamageek
From : Tracker1
Date : Fri Jun 16 2023 02:10 pm

 fu>> datacenter location in the Origin line.. i would much prefer to call
 fu>> a bbs running in someone's basement, on their internet, electric..
 fu>> than one that is one of dozens in the same datacenter.

 ba> Not my first choice for hosting a BBS, but given the limited internet
 ba> options in my rual area it could end up being the only option. I'm blessed
 ba> to have AT&T DSL, but if anything elver happens with that my only other
 ba> options are satellite or 5G. From my experience with the 4G/5G networks
 ba> its not possible to open up ports for incoming traffic. I'm not sure about
 ba> the current satellite options...

I ran on DO on a $24/mo node for several years... currently in a VM on a larger dedicated server.  There's a couple benefits, first in that you don't have to worry about hardware problems. DO is really good about hot migrations that only tend to have you down for minutes, where at home it could be hours or days.  There's also the issues with bandwidth, where the upload bandwidth on a hosted box will be better than the uploads most can do at home (at least in the US from what I know).

For me, it also helps regarding network positioning... in the end, I'm not potentially seeing my home internet connection as a potential target.

In the end YMMV, but I'm not sitting at a terminal running my BBS and popping into chat... I have a lot of things I'd like to do that would make it more enjoyable for me.  That said, I find the remote setup just as easy.

I use VS Code with remote ssh and it works pretty great for remote editing/configuration etc.  I have it set for CP432 for most files on that system and it's pretty much "just worked" for me. YMMV though.
  
   
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