# Fathom.org free webspace offer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 1999, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144 "1999-12-18T03:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/1 "1999-12-18T03:49:00Z")
If you have a homepage and would like some space on [fathom.org](http://fathom.org) contact me ok? I can’t take nine million people but if you have a fairly low-bandwidth personal site I can probably host it for you. Sorry, no business sites (I do have paid hosting for that though) * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/2 "1999-12-18T03:52:00Z")
Free, huh? Sounds good to me. I’d be proud to be hosted by the TM Diva. My site’s in my sig, if you want to look it over. * * * JMcC, San Francisco, [JJM’s page from the Bay](http://members.tripod.com/~weirdstuff/index.html) If I were beaned with a fastball, fling my limp, lifeless body to first, cause, dammit, I earned it! ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/3 "1999-12-18T10:35:00Z")
NOW you have free webspace. Now that I’ve already paid a webhost. Great. Fabulous. Wonderful. Spectacular. Divine. Perfect. I have the _shittiest_ timing, I swear. * * * “Wednesday the 15th - Chris made one of her rare good points today.” _Guanolad_ ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 1999, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/4 "1999-12-18T16:10:00Z")
ChrisCTP, free web space is plentiful on the net, as well as free net access, free email, free net sex and practically free computers. But 1. Ads everywhere 2. you might have a really long URL… 3. Might have a funny URL. 4.Might be a slow server… But hey, $70.00 pays for two years of your very own URL name if you want…and well, if you go with fathom, you’d see the tech here a lot 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 1999, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/5 "1999-12-19T06:58:00Z")
Actually $35 gets you your own domain for 2 years. [www.totalnic.com](http://www.totalnic.com) And yes, I can host domain names and subdomain names for a fee (that is my bi’niz, afterall. See [www.werbica.com](http://www.werbica.com) for info) Anyway, I wanted to clarify something… I am not looking for ONE person who wants free hosting, I’m offering free hosting to anyone who wants it (unless the response is so overwhealming that I can’t do it) for _personal homepages_ . * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 1999, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/6 "1999-12-19T07:38:00Z")
That “totalnic” link evidently doesn’t exist anymore. And, for those who don’t know, (sorry to correct you on your own site, Opal, but you won’t get any business _that_ way. :)) the **real** address for Opal’s business site is: [www.webica.com](http://www.webica.com) * * * “Wednesday the 15th - Chris made one of her rare good points today.” _Guanolad_ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 1999, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/7 "1999-12-19T12:23:00Z")
ROFL that’ll teach me to post right after I wake up! (yes I slept all day again) In addition, totalnic is [http://www.TotalNIC.net/](http://www.TotalNIC.net/) :::shoots self in head now:::: * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 1999, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/8 "1999-12-19T17:56:00Z")
[http://www.TotalNIC.net/](http://www.TotalNIC.net/) I looked at it & frankly Im not sure just what they do & how they do it. Sure you can register there for up to two years for $35.00. Whatever that means. What you do when you want a web site with the name you registered is another matter. I went to WebJump, gave them the name I wanted, THEY registered it & then gave me a web site with 25 megs, free setup, free web site, cgi, etc. Of course, I have to see some ads but thats okay for what the site is about… Cost $70.00 which I paid to Internic at the Internic site. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 1999, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/9 "1999-12-19T21:19:00Z")
_shrug_ I registered [www.camgirlsring.com](http://www.camgirlsring.com) through TotalNIC and it’s up and running just fine. Last spring the net went through a change… until that point Network Solutions (Internic) was the only company that could regsiter .net, .org, and .com domains. Now there are several companies that can do it. Why pay twice what you have to for no reason? Oh, and the registration process is easier than Network Solutions’ is. Having done many of them, I’m glad to have the simpler, cheaper option now. * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/10 "1999-12-20T00:27:00Z")
Well, after you got your name registered, how did you get it into a site on the net? I know my local ISP registered mine for me 3.7 years ago & they charged $49 to set it up on their server, plus Internic, $70. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/11 "1999-12-20T07:43:00Z")
The same way I do any domain, we put a dns request through. Handy, web hosting is my BUSINESS. I own a WEB HOSTING COMPANY. What I DO is host people’s sites (usually domains). i.e. when a client of mine gets a domain, they pay ME a $50 setup fee to get their site up and running. My point is there is no difference at all in registering a domain through Network Solutions (Internic) or TotalNIC except that through Network Solutions you pay twice as much. If you are paying someone else to register a domain FOR you, tell them to register it through totalnic, or do it yourself (it isn’t hard). * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/12 "1999-12-20T07:50:00Z")
I just realized that emphasis via ALL CAPS might have portrayed anger/irritation and I wanted to make sure that I cleared up any confusion: I was JUST using it for emphasis, no upset feelings here! * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/13 "1999-12-20T07:54:00Z")
Oooh Opal, can I be hosted? Please oh please? It’s just my personal site, it’s really little, and I HATE Geocities and their damn advertisements! * * * ~Kyla “You couldn’t fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had an electrified fooling machine.” ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/14 "1999-12-20T10:04:00Z")
Sure thing Kyla 🙂 Email me. * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathom-org-free-webspace-offer/12144/15 "1999-12-20T16:42:00Z")
Yeah, my life, is all caps or no caps. I have to read to use the phone and television, of course. Naturally, caps look like shouting but my tty types in all caps all the time.