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I guess it depends on the closet ... the DSL line (fractional T1 is available)
... and the admin.<br>
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-- richard<br>
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Alvin Oga wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">hi ya
On Thu, 29 May 2003, richard childers / kg6hac wrote:
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<pre wrap="">What's wrong with a locked rack in a locked closet with a DSL circuit
and a UPS?
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( couldn't resist .. nothing wrong but ... for "closet" fun .. )
- no air flow
- closet collects dust
- closet is typically a non-locking door
- typically no outlets in the closet except for one light
and one power switch if any
- you don't get to see pretty red/green/yellow/blue lights
( unless you use a clear 7'x3' clear plastic door )
- typically no backside to the closet, to work behind the pc
without moving it around
- you can't sit inside the hallway closet to work
( unless it's a huge master bedroom walk-in closet in which
( case you would need to get "permission" from your other half
- you can not upload much data over dsl ( 364K is too slow for me )
- dsl goes down a lot ... in the middle of the night
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<pre wrap="">Worked for a decade or so (minus DSL) just fine; still does. DSL just
makes it cheaper.
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and lot faster for downloads
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<pre wrap="">Worried about security? Add an alarm system and a webcam or two.
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i think an alarm is not much use... just makes noises ...
and the culprit will still take that pc and/or trash it and/or run with or
without it
after detecting an intruder, an alarm would work if you email a pic of the
intruder to your yahoo acct before they cut your dsl line, phone line,
power, etc ..
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<pre wrap="">Put it right on the customer's premises. If they need 24x365 Internet
access, you can always pull additional DSL lines from competing
providers. You'll still be saving them a few thousand a month; make sure
they know that.
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one of the good things about having the dsl at home, there is little/no
regulations about you having a diesel generator at home so you can have
"emergency power" if diesel to 110vac has been thoroughly tested regularly
( just go to home depot, buy one and stock up on some diesel fuel
a car battery + car battery charger would keep a server up and running
for about 12 hrs ... after losing pge power .. using a 12vdc input power
supply instead of 110vac power supply
c ya
alvin
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