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Mike,

 MD> What percentage of you pay for hosting or run it from your home
 MD> computer?

  My ISP is with Xfinity, and with a special $30 credit, I just have
high speed internet only, and pay $59 a month. I have no desire or
need to watch TV programs, and only view the local area TV station
newscast, or severe weather upates from their website. It would cost
me more with having local TV station access, due to broadcast rights
fees. And, my schedule doesn't permit me to watch TV...in fact, the
TV sets at my home haven't been used in 5 years, since I first put 
my Mom in a nursing home before her passing 3 1/2 years ago.

  I use the modem/router from Xfinity, but have it in "bridge mode", 
to work with my LinkSys router, that allows me to do port forwarding, 
and run the BBS from my home. Of course, if I have to reset the LinkSys
router, I have to re-enter all the port forwarding data...but I have
set up a separate textfile, so I know what to enter. Thankfully, the
need to reset the router is rare.

  While the BBS would be up 24/7 in the cloud, the cost of doing such 
is not an option for me, being on a fixed income. So, if I have 
thunderstorms in my area, or a power/internet outage, the BBS is down
for a time.

Daryl

... You'll win the lottery, and spend all the winnings on The Sysop.
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