Re: Anyone hosted a web site using IDSL?

[Chris Whisonant <Chris.Whisonant@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

144kbps is extremely slow in today's world.  Unless you
just really want to use your AS/400 in your neighborhood you probably
won't have much choice.  Are you going to be serving many files or
just web pages?  If there is not much traffic at the onset, then
144kbps may be good enough to just send pages.  If you expect (or
hope for) more traffic than say 100 hits per day, then you may want to
out source to another company specializing in web hosting.
(www.xeran.com
has been good for me)  
Another question.  Is cable modem available?  It may be quicker
than your IDSL offering.  If it is and you're concerned with
security, then cable and dsl are both just as prone to the same security
problems.  DSL is just marketed to businesses more often because of
the perceived security factor.  Cable modem should be cheaper and
should be able to have the same basic setup as the DSL connection
including a dedicated IP address.
I hope this has helped a little bit.
Chris Whisonant

Mid-Range Systems Administrator
IBM Certified iSeries/400 Associate System Operator
Rock Hill Telephone Company
(803) 324-7270
mailto:Chris.Whisonant@RHTelCo.com

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