RE: [ProgSoc] umm... i wanna stick a webserver on a machine somewhere..

["James Wright" <James.Wright@nospam.MammothSoft.com>]

I still maintain that while unlimited web-browsing is nice..
people shouldn't be going around saying unlimited "internet
access" since free-online only allow http type traffic
through.

I am still waiting for a better "silver bullet".

As for free-online I don't really see them as caring too
much, they are funded by the advertising dollars of the
webpage producers that seek to take advantage of a
collective pool of surfers. If you do manage to use it for
other purposes and get other people to join in then
Free-Online may really only consider it an irritation until
it reaches the point that the cost of traffic outstrips the
advertising money.. although the increased traffic may make
free-online look more attractive to snag more advertisers.
*shrug*

I think free-online is a great idea if I want to read the
online newspapers, do banking, look up movie times and
such.. but a complete internet experience it aint. :P

But.. free is free so we can't complain.

James Wright
Senior Developer
MAMMOTHSOFT

Phone: +61 2 9460-0798
mailto:James.Wright@nospam.MammothSoft.com
http://www.MammothSoft.com

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