A new community colo is open in San Francisco

[Ian McLeod]

Hi SFOBUG peeps :)

You may have already gotten this announcement on another LUG list. For
the duplicate, I apologize. This is a one-time announcement to this
list, intended solely to spread the word that we exist as a new colo
resource for folks interested. I appreciate your patience and
understanding

I am writing because I think that people might be interested in a new
non-commercial, community network with a colocation facility in
downtown San Francisco.

If you operate a server for an open source project, a non-profit
organization or non-commercial personal use, you qualify to host your
server at the San Francisco Community Colocation Project's colo at 6th
& Brannan in downtown San Francisco.

Your share of the collectively-purchased space & bandwidth starts
around $45 / 1U / month.

We have been involved in a Bay Area non-profit colo for 5 years and
are picking up where it (California Community Colo) left off when it
closed in January. We are part of a network that includes other
community colos in Seattle, Chicago, Toronto and Washington DC.

We are also committed to the protection of online free speech. In
2003, for example, we received a DMCA take-down order from Diebold
regarding documents that had been posted to our servers that shed an
embarrassing light on Diebold's eletronic voting machines. The
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) took up the case and Diebold
backed down. A large, corporate colo likely would have forced the
client to comply with Diebold's lawyers.

If any of this sounds good to you, please get in touch!

1) Email us -> inquire at sfccp.net
2) Call us -> (415) 887-7679
3) Check out our website -> http://www.sfccp.net/

For more information on the Diebold case, see
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/27/050218

Thanks for your time,

Ian McLeod

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San Francisco Community Colocation Project
Web: sfccp.net
Tel: 415-887-7679