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Peter — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:12:42 GMT

I started reading the Acceptable Use Policy for comcast, and it obviously states you cannot host a server. So I decided to go hunting for a way to do this through Comcast. I didn't see it specifically say the policy for residential. An interesting story unfolds, read on

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Lhunette> Hello Peter_, Thank you for contacting Comcast Live Chat Support. My name is Lhunette. Please give me one moment to review your information.

Lhunette> How are you today?

Peter>Good, how about you Lhunette?

Lhunette> It's nice to hear that you are doing good, I'm great, thanks for asking...

Lhunette> I'll be very glad to further assist you with your concern.

Peter> Thanks, I'm reading your acceptable use policy here: http://www.comcast.net/terms/use/

Peter> It mentions I cannot host a server

Lhunette> I see.

Peter> If I am to purchase your service, this is something I require. Does this policy apply to all tiers? business and residential?

Lhunette> Peter, if you want to host a server then you need to sign up for Comcast Commercial account.

Peter> okay, where do i find information on this?

Lhunette> Peter, I can get you the contact number for our Businesss Department.

Peter> no thank you, i'd prefer to research on line

Lhunette> Okay.

Peter> i found businessclass.comcast.net, i will look here

Lhunette> Okay, sure..

Peter> I do not see prices on the site, do i need to call to get information?

Lhunette> Yes, you need to call to obtain the information Trudy as we do not have it here in our end.

Lhunette> To speak with a Business Account Executive, please call contact number at 1-800-316-1619.

Peter> my name is Peter..

Lhunette> Sorry.

Lhunette> I apologize.

Peter> well thanks for the information Lhunette. I'll call them and see how expensive it will be

Lhunette> You're very most welcome, Peter....

Lhunette> I'm glad that I'm able to address your concern for today. Would there be anything else I can further assist you?

Peter> Nope, copy and paste you later

Lhunette> :-)

Lhunette> It's my pleasure to be able to serve you.

Peter> toodles

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Peter> always good to spam people as they contact support....

Lhunette> Oh, I'm sorry for that Peter. But we just let you know some free features that you can enjoy from Comcast...:-)

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Peter> haha, it just keeps on coming....

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Peter> Merry Christmas

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Again my friends, a server

Peter — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:44:45 GMT

So, I've been doing some thinking. Our last plan for getting a server involved collocation and and slim server. Both not cheap. This was brought up last time, and I'm warming up to it: build a server (not worrying about size), and have someone host it @ their home with a static IP internet connection.

This way we don't have to worry about ~~Bryan running torrents~~ how much bandwidth we use. Sure, it will be a little slower in speed, but I'm willing to accept this.

Comments.. ready... set... go!

To my fellow nerds... Server collocation

Peter — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:52:28 GMT

A few of us have talked about renting some dedicated hosting. Primarily collocation hosting. It'd mean upfront purchase and ownership of server, and only a monthly cost for rack space, power, internets, bandwidth.

Personally, I'm very tired for getting pw3nd by shared hosting providers. I do understand that it can't be perfect, but you still have to have a decent uptime, and you can't lie. I'd go into detail about how 1and1 has screwed with me over the years but I'll be brief (tried to cancel webhosting but keep Exchange, but told me I had to get a different Exchange account and transfer my mail, or else it would be lost since the Exchange was 'attached' to the webhosting. Seems like a billing problem, not MY problem. Also, if I call you to tell you your server has been down for 30 minutes, and I call and you fix it while I'm on hold, don't passively treat me like I'm bothering you because everything is working)

Also, their .net app restrictions are not the best.

Okay, it wasn't too brief. But I've played out the numbers assuming I purchase the server, and it'll cost you less than good meal per month.

Update: +1 BJ +1 SP +1PS

Check out http://ntsource.com/web-hosting/colocation-web-hosting.html

Update: BJ and PeterS have brought up cloud hosting options like Amazon's EC2 and GoGrid. I am not very familiar with these, and they seem to charged based on application. But if it were possible to have a single app running windows server 2008 VM, I could see it working.

Hello Internets

Peter — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:48:15 GMT

This is my first post on my revived blog. I haven't blogged since my college days. I've realized how important sharing of knowledge is, hence why I've dived back in. Doing many nerdy things, I typically run into different blogs of people trying to do the similar tasks. Sometimes, something has not been done before, and the knowledge stays with me once I complete it. So here we go!

For example, dasBlog 2.1.8102.813 so far seems to be a powerful, yet simple application not requiring an SQL backend. There were not any specific write ups on a 1and1 install, so here you go:
Step 1: Upload files from dasblogce to a dir of your choice.
Step 2: Modify

web.config

comment <trust level="Medium" originUrl=".*" />
uncomment <httpCookies httpOnlyCookies="false"/>

SiteConfig\site.config

Modify obvious settings until 

SiteConfig\siteSecurity.config

DO NOT CHANGE ADMIN PW. It is encrypted. Log in and change it.

Step 3: Use WebFiles to modify permissions on the following directories: content, siteconfig, and logs. Give NETWORK SERVICE full read/write/modify permissions
Step 4: Use WebFiles to create the WebApplicaion. Just point it to your subdir of your blog. Mine is /blog.
Step 5: Navigate to your blog, change your pw&options, and you're done!