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From: Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net>
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Subject: Re: Exposing my home website to the internet.
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:54:04 +0100
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On 28/09/14 19:20, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 27/09/14 22:38, Jean-David Beyer wrote:


>> My ISP will not allow me to run a server on my machine(s) unless I tell
>> them and pay an additional monthly fee of $100. This includes a static
>> IP address, so I do not need to fumble around looking for it.

Sounds like a bunch of cowboys. Are you tied to them or do you have any 
choice?

> For $100 aq month you can rent a dedicated virtual server omn a IP
> backbone that will be infinitely better than a home one
>
> I think THEY start at about $10 a month
>

Yep:

https://www.linode.com/pricing

And that's a pretty decent virtual machine too...