On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 07:31:42PM +0000, delber wrote: > What we have found though, is that several smaller (not-for-profits or > coops) ISPs would be happy to help the Tor network, provided there is a > clear legal boundary. Something that our not-for-profit would create. > The downside is that they are small, so the cost of their bandwidth is > between a monthly 3??? and 10??? (when it is not even more) for each Mbps > (95%ile). But they would stand in case of trouble. And some of them have > an economic interest as using more bandwidth would lower their overall > cost per Mbps. > > One of them is willing to sponsor some of the bandwidth, and it looks > like a good place to start an initial set of nodes. But even with their > sponsoring, $100/month will not cover hosting+bandwidth expenses. > > It might be something desirable though. If external funding does not > cover all the costs, then we will have to campaign for other donations. > A good habit, as it makes it more likely that at least some of the nodes > would survive in case the external funding stops.
This sounds like a great idea. One of our goals here is to give other organizations a chance to start up and be like torservers.net. It is definitely a smart idea to get your community helping to cover the costs. Having just one sponsor makes you very fragile. It's also a smart idea to keep talking to ISPs, and find some that want to sponsor some of the bandwidth as you describe above. They're out there if you look hard enough! :) Be sure to use the resources here (like Julian) for advice too. --Roger _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
