No - I think that he's saying that the "We all pick one person" means that we all choose the same hosting provider, who has a business that provides all the protections against liability, and knows how to price the service to take into account the churn of customers, etc...
I think the co-op is one method of providing the desired service. Another way is for us to say to existing providers - hey, we have 40 people who want this type of service - what can you do for us, and then each of us makes an individual decision whether or not to enter a business relationship with that provider. My understanding is that Bruce was mentioning the latter as an option. Erik On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Paul Wouters <p...@xelerance.com> wrote: > On Wed, 6 May 2009, Bruce N wrote: > > Does it even have to be an established co-op? If 40 people from this list >> want to even sign up for 1U each then we can take that offer and sign 40 >> good deals right there for every 1U without any administrative costs and >> overhead or headache to any of us. No registration of organization needed. >> All it takes is we pick one person >> > > Let's pick you. Oh, and half of us might flake out, so you might have to > cough up the money. And prepay for us all. And I'll sue you for something > bad too. > And you get sued if I violate the ISP's AUP...... > > Uhm no. You need paperwork. Sorry :P > > Paul > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: biz-unsubscr...@taug.ca > For additional commands, e-mail: biz-h...@taug.ca > >
