Community webserver?

[Tony Hammitt]

Hello,

I just had a strange thought.  There are some people here in town who
can actually get business-class SDSL connections to their homes.  There
are other people like me who would like to but aren't in an approved
area of town.  Would it be possible to get together and drop off a box
at someone's residence that we could all use?  I'm already paying $30/mo
for various web hosting services.  That's a good chunk of what the
service would cost.  I've also got some usable hardware for a server.

The only problem I could see is getting the other server parts and
reimbursing the homeowner for power.  Does anyone else think that this
is a good idea?

I'd love to have a box I could actually configuremyself.  Right now my
web host doesn't have a decent database, etc. so I'm having to work
three times as hard hacking together a search engine.  If I just had a
box I could install software on, I'd skip all of that.

Love to hear what you all think,

Tony