[Orcnet] eeconsult domain name renewal

[Federici Business Group]

Go for it, Keith!

       Ciao!---Susan

Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> Folks:
>
> For a while now, I have been hosting and paying for the eeconsult.org
> site.  It isn't much of a load on my server (which costs me $27/month),
> but the DNS and Domain Registration are Orcnet-specific costs.  I am
> paying Dyndns $30/year for DNS, and $15/year for Domain Registration,
> for both eeconsult.org and orcnet.org .  
>
> I'm thinking of changing this.  Though there are cheaper domain
> registrars, I would like to keep using DynDNS for Domain Registration
> for now.  However, I can move DNS to my server provider (rimuhosting.com)
> and save some money.  The downside is if I have to change service
> providers in a hurry; our website might go offline for a few days, 
> since the DNS changeover might be slow.
>
> So far, I haven't been charging Orcnet, but income is getting tight,
> and I may need to shift some expenses.  So, assuming that I move the
> DNS ( saving $60/year ), the remaining expenses are, say, 10% of my
> server ( about $30/year ) and Domain Reg ( $30/year for both ).
>
>   If Orcnet members feel OK with this, I will move the DNS
>   to Rimuhosting when it expires at Dyndns, and I will bill
>   Orcnet $60 at the beginning of each year for the other. 
>   If Rimuhosting remains the reliable and responsive hosting
>   service they have been so far, we are not risking much.
>
> BTW, Rimuhosting is a New Zealand company, and has sites in Dallas,
> London, and Brisbane.  My "server" is a Xen virtual machine in Dallas,
> and is backed up around the globe.  If Dallas goes off the grid, I
> have nightly backups, and Rimuhosting will restart my server image
> at one of their other sites.  We are in good shape, unless they go
> out of business or the Sun goes nova ...
>
> Keith
>
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