Cheap/Free ISPs for Non-Profit Organizations? 9
mhhelle asks: "I live in a co-op with non-profit status. We are looking at starting a website to distribute information for current and prospective residents. I'm wondering if there are any ISPs that provide discounted or free service to non-profit organizations. We have few requirements-- enough capacity for some nice graphics, possibility of database access (using MS Access (I know...)), posting PDF files for download, cgi-bin, and the ability to use our own domain name. I'd estimate less than 500 hits per day, so I don't imagine that we would require a lot of bandwidth. Does anyone have any suggestions?"
Sponsorship or such (Score:2)
JP
Check your local ISPs (Score:1)
Ask around, you might be surprised how many companies would jump at this.
-Adam
Yahoo! (Score:2)
Anyway, this took about 5 seconds:
Yahoo Search: "non-profit" and "hosting" [yahoo.com]
And for an encore...
Google Search [google.com]
Re:Yahoo! (Score:1)
I also did your "5-second" search and didn't find it very helpful. First of all, your search doesn't narrow it down to free hosting. Secondly, I included "free", but it's difficult to sort through all the hits-- many are only for religous or charity organizations. Thirdly, I figured someone else might have experience with this. Lastly, I submitted it under "Ask Slashdot", because I want information about people's opinions and maybe someone directly connected with a hosting company would read it. Search engines don't provide these services.
Re:Yahoo! (Score:2)
Anyway, from your post it seemed to me you were looking for any listings at all. Regardless, I don't see anything wrong with looking for personal testimonies from people who have done this sort of thing in the past.
And searching for 'free' is probably a waste of time - you'll get lots of mishits ("1 free month of service with subscription!" etc.) and any place that is truly free (for anyone) will probably not be able to give you what you want.
Try a small local firm (Score:1)
"Got.net" provided their $20/month service for free, and also setup the domain name for free. We still had to pay the domain name registration fees.
Look Local (Score:1)
Just ask (Score:2)
My wife got free hosting donated for BonkFest.org [bonkfest.org] just by asking the web host she uses (and providing 501(c)(3) paperwork, etc.).
Re:Check your local ISPs (Score:2)
I helped out with organizing a student conference/competition [ensc.sfu.ca] one year, and one of the things we needed was a website. Naturally, since we're a student organization [ee.ubc.ca], our intent was not to gain profit - just to meet costs. That meant that we didn't have a whole lot of money to splurge on a website (in fact, our budget was already stretched to the limit). A few calls around, and one of the newest ISPs in town had jumped at the opportunity to provide free space for our website. In return, we offered them a spot in our "sponsors" listing, both on the website, and in the conference package.
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