First off...*I* never asked a question. Learn reading skills. Second. My conversations take place in person where I can see a persons eyes. I trust about 1% of what I read online.
Last. I really dont care about being part of some vlog collective. The original concept was for some people to group funds together for a server that would host videos. Care to dance a little more? David http://www.taoofdavid.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Anne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > when you ask a question on a message board, david, you will get many > different ideas coming back. some, will be helpful to you. some might > not be but may spark ideas in others. we call this conversation... > > ...so, gear down, big rig! > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Clint Sharp" <clint@> wrote: > > > > To second your concerns, I would add that Dreamhost or any of a thousand > > other hosting companies already do a good job of sharing servers > > professionally. I don't see any savings for anyone in trying to do this > > themselves as opposed to using a cheaper hosting provider. Secondly, > > Dreamhost offers 1 TB of transfer on a $10/mo hosting account, when most > > dedicated servers only offer 1.8 to 2 TB for a hosted server for > somewhere > > between $100-$200 a month. The math doesn't add up if all you want > to do is > > host files. > > > > To get a better deal, you're really going to have to lease rack > space in a > > datacenter, buy some hardware and install it your self. > > > > Clint > > > > On 2/18/06, David Howell <taoofdavid@> wrote: > > > > > > I am not interested in becoming part of some consortium of vloggers. > > > All I am interested in is a simple solution of a dedicated server > > > where the bandwidth is reserved strictly for the use of hosting videos > > > off of. No home page. No listings. Just a file server is all I want. > > > Blip and Ourmedia already do what it is you are talking about. > > > > > > I know I said that I would be interested in getting into this however > > > rather than get involved with a gazillion ideas of how people want to > > > try and become the next Blip or Ourmedia or Internet Archive, I think > > > I'll bail out of this idea right now and host my own videos myself. > > > > > > David > > > http://www.taoofdavid.com > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Anne" <annewalk@> wrote: > > > > > > > > hi all. lurker here... > > > > > > > > i have been reading this thread with interest. > > > > > > > > could not a group of like minded vloggers get a host with lots of > > > > bandwidth that they each pay into and name a domain. then, the main > > > > domain could be used to list the contributing videoblogs and maybe a > > > > blurb about them (how about a most recent upload from each of them > > > > too?) then, each of them would have a subdomain off of the main one > > > > that they could use as their own videoblog. > > > > > > > > eg: coolvids.com (intro to the project and it's participants) > > > > > > > > ed.coolvids.com > > > > vic.coolvids.com > > > > sandy.coolvids.com....etc. > > > > > > > > each subdomain should be able to track their own stats, etc, > shouldn't > > > > they? i'm not a technical person by any means. i don't know how many > > > > subdomains are allowed, etc. is there a limit or does it depend > on the > > > > package? > > > > > > > > ...unless you're talking about something that encompasses many > > > > participants. then i would think that a paid service would be > better. > > > > > > > > i would be very interested in seeing small groups of compatible > > > > videoblogs working together, however. i think it would be much more > > > > successful that way. > > > > > > > > anne > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "davecircumnavigator" > > > > <david@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'll noodle it and post again. > > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <jay.dedman@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Since videobloggers have high bandwidth requirements and > ISPs give > > > > > > > discounts for planned large bandwidth consumption, would > anyone be > > > > > > > interested in a server cooperative where we negotiate as a > group > > > > > for > > > > > > > server space and bandwidth? Has this been tried on this > group? > > > > > If > > > > > > > every member of this group is paying a monthly basic web > hosting > > > > > fee of > > > > > > > $5, that's almost $10,000 a month and that buys A LOT of > > > > > bandwidth. > > > > > > > > > > > > good idea Dave. > > > > > > this was briught up a long time ago...but never acted on. > > > > > > > > > > > > can you come up with some scenarios and workflow? > > > > > > if we had a target to shoot for...itll be easier to get > people to > > > > > jump on board. > > > > > > > > > > > > How much storage for each person? > > > > > > how much bandwdith? > > > > > > how would stats work? > > > > > > > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Adventures in Videoblogging > > > > > > <http://www.momentshowing.net> > > > > > > <http://FireAnt.tv> > > > > > > <http://node101.org> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > > > Individual<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Individual&w1=Individual&w2=Fireant&w3=Use&c=3&s=38&.sig=OHeQJKby66gg3t35np-qiw> > > > > Fireant<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Fireant&w1=Individual&w2=Fireant&w3=Use&c=3&s=38&.sig=hK8TfZa7ClhTIxDJdP6Cbw> > > > > Use<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Use&w1=Individual&w2=Fireant&w3=Use&c=3&s=38&.sig=fljF53rXtnOMjmpIySYbqA> > > > ------------------------------ > > > YAHOO! 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