Pbxes.com?

[petkow]

By the way... I know this is madly off topic, but why on earth has some budding entrepreneur not created a small solar powered server yet? It would just need a battery to keep it going through the night. Wouldn't that be nice? No wires.. no hassle, no going down when there is a power cut or current surge.

And of course it would nicely complement the solar powered Mifi router that is hanging on the lamp post outside where the HSDPA coverage is best! Actually... I think the second idea is even better! I'm sure someone has thought about that by now!

[bbob]

Originally Posted by petkow

By the way... I know this is madly off topic, but why on earth has some budding entrepreneur not created a small solar powered server yet? It would just need a battery to keep it going through the night. Wouldn't that be nice? No wires.. no hassle, no going down when there is a power cut or current surge.

And of course it would nicely complement the solar powered Mifi router that is hanging on the lamp post outside where the HSDPA coverage is best! Actually... I think the second idea is even better! I'm sure someone has thought about that by now!

Payback time on solar panels just takes to long. Their are eu countries that subsidise buying panels for your house.

That said come campers or vactionhouses have solar power because there is no electicity. But if there is electicity it's cheaper that buying solar power. And you can always go for green energy in many countries.

[petkow]

Originally Posted by bbob

Payback time on solar panels just takes to long.

... if there is electicity it's cheaper that buying solar power.

Yes, this is completely true for big domestic systems that feed into the grid. However, a small server based on laptop technology (and ideally running a solid state hard disk) would only need a 15W solar cell which can be bought for around 60 Euros. Maybe I should just build my own at some point! e.g. Based on an inexpensive netbook with a decent battery.

Thanks also for the link for the Askozia pbx. I will try and investigate that this weekend.