Thank you for the note, Roman.
On 08/05/2015 12:07 PM, Roman Mamedov wrote:
On Wed, 5 Aug 2015 10:58:30 +0100 Tim Sammut tim@teamsammut.com wrote:
That said, it raises the partially-rhetorical question: should I spend my $x/month on running a relay or could that money be better used in other places?
Generally depends on if you are getting a good deal on bandwidth, i.e. how many terabytes per month for your $x. But I see you are running a relay in Costa Rica, where servers and bandwidth must be much more expensive than e.g. in Europe. I'm not sure how useful a relay in an exotic location, if it's expensive to run and pushes very little traffic. Maybe others can comment.
I think it is reasonably priced; $20USD/month for unmetered 100Mb/s.
I am willing to contribute money to Tor because I believe in what it supports. I also believe in small and local businesses, which is why I have the relay in CR where I lived at the time.
So perhaps to reframe my question as something more concrete. If someone is going to support the Tor project with $20/month, should they:
- Run what seems like a high-capacity non-exit? - Run a handful of bridges? - Send them $20 every month?
I realize this is a moving target--although it would be nice to understand generally--and it ignores putting the $20/month into other projects, organizations, more beer, etc.
hope you are well tim