[FedCom] QTH Net Severe Funding Problem

[BlitzK]

>While computers have gotten cheaper, and disk drives
> are low priced, the high speed lines (like 2 x T1) to provide adequate
> bandwidth ARE very expensive,  Something on the order of $1,000 per month
> each.

Full T's are about $500-600/month... (which is still expensive).

 
> I've, looked at some of the lists on Yahoo.... I don't mind some advertising
> (it is what keep Yahoo on Business), but much of it is obnoxious... pop-ups,
> pop-unders, pop-overs, and pop-tarts....  On some lists, you have to page
> through an intermediate ad page between the list and the message and then
> back thought it when going back.

If you subscribe to a list that has plain-text only, the only ads you will see 
are a couple of lines at the bottom of an email.  You only get "click next" ads 
on the web interface (which most people dont use).

> Yahoo allows attachments (read:viruses).

That can be turned off... 


Believe me.. I dont think yahoogroups is the greatest thing in the world, but it is
free, and it would be my suggestion to move if the qth servers go down.  Not to mention
that I would guess that most people on this list probably subscribe to atleast one list
on yahoogroups now.


...now back to FedCom talk 8-)