daj@gofer.social
daj@gofer.social

Question for all those who are #selfhosting at home.....

What kind of internet connection do you have?

I current #selfhost, but on a cloud server in the sky somewhere. I see two challenges for home hosting:

  • most connections (certainly in the UK) get a dynamic IP. Not ideal for self hosting. There are ways around it, so not insurmountable.
  • Broadband connections are typically configured for fast download but very slow upload. Great for streaming movies (download) but terrible at uploading (sending data back to the internet). If you're self hosting you need good upstream too, I would assume.

Thoughts welcome.

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kev
kev

@daj I self-host, but only things that don’t have any immediacy. So cal/card DAV, photo backups, file syncing, media streaming etc.

Stuff that would be scuppered by downtime, I pay for. Thinking things like email and web server hosting.

My ISP is PlusNet. They actually offer a static IP for a one off charge of £5. Bargain! I have their fibre to the cab service which is usually ~70 down and around 20-30 up. So perfectly fine for my needs.

Hope this helps.

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daj@gofer.social
daj@gofer.social

@kev I didn't realise PlusNet did fixed IP

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zakatak@kzoo.to
zakatak@kzoo.to

@daj I’m fortunate enough to have symmetrical 1gbps fiber. And I don’t actually host all that much stuff even if I’d like to do more.

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daj@gofer.social
daj@gofer.social

@zakatak wow. That's impressive

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kev
kev

@daj oh damn. Looks like they stopped doing them late last yr. Sorry for the bum steer.

community.plus.net/t5/Everyt…

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