Mastodon

Fed up with Twitter? We too. So we launched our Mastodon instance where you can connect and chat with friendly people from all over the world. Head over to our Mastodon to find out more.

Matrix

Matrix is an open network for secure, decentralized communication, published by the Matrix foundation. As with Mastodon it's a federated service where you can connect with friendly people from all over the world. Think of it as a nicer version of IRC. Visit Matrix today to learn more.

FTP

Naturally, we like old computer as much as the next person which is why we host our own FTP server packed with files for retro computers. Grab a FTP client or your plain old browser and visit ftp.fidonet.io today!

Jabber / XMPP

We are now hosting our own Jabber / XMPP service at jabber.fidonet.io. Please contact us if you want a account.

Searx

We have implemented Searx, a privacy-respecting metasearch engine, which utilizes many search engines without compromising your privacy. We keep no logs of any traffic to this service, which you can try here.

PrivateBin

Paste things, share them and have them go away automatically. We have zero knowledge of what you paste here and all data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256 bits AES.

NTP

On the Internet, time is of the essence. That is why we host two public NTP servers (ntp1.fidonet.io and ntp2.fidonet.io) which is free for anyone to use. These servers are also part of the NTP Pool Project.

IRC

Internet Relay Chat, IRC, is one of the foundations of the Internet with tons of servers all over the world where people can communicate and share ideas. Welcome to use ours: irc.fidonet.io.

Peertube

Tired of ten thousand ads, tracking code and other nasty things on Youtube? Peertube is the free and open option for publishers everywhere. We are working on offering our own Peertube setup, free for everyone to use. Visit our PeerTube-server today at peertube.fidonet.io.

Funding and expenses

• Internet connection: €33 per month.


• Electricity: €55 per month.


• Fidonet.io domain name: €37-40 per year.


• All this adds up to about €86 per month.

Environmental footprint

• December 2020: Replaced our primary storage (SAN) from a 15 year old unit to a modern PC-based one running TrueNAS, cutting the power requirements for our storage in half.


• February 2021: Replaced our all old switches and routers with new devices from Mikrotik. Our old routers and switches (Ubiquiti and Cisco) was consuming 50-80 watts each - our new routers and switches consume between 12-19 watts each.

Terms of service

• All services are offered for free without any warranty, SLA or otherwise.
  
  
• Please note that we do not offer traditional web hosting, virtual private servers, etc.


• If the services are up, they are up. If the services are down, they are down and we are working on getting them back up again.
  
  
• We backup everything to several locations several times a day but we neither can nor will promise that we won't loose your data.


• Access to all our services from non-democratic countries and states are blocked. This includes China, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and North Korea. Additionally several countries that are common sources of attacks and attempts to hack servers are also blocked.


• Please note: We will never ask for your email address or your password. We will never email you unless you asked for it (password resets, etc). We will never, ever sell or in any other way, shape or form share or hand over any information about you. However, this pledge is only as strong as the security in the software and services we offer. A unknown exploit or bug that leads to data leakage is beyond our control.



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(You may wonder about our name? Yep - we're old Fidonet and BBS nerds.
We are however not affiliated in any way with Fidonet and the Fidonet organization.)


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