well it aint gonna pay for its self is it? like this forum does not pay for itself, rather it is payed by donations! correct? so should oioi just shut up and pay it for us? no! we use this forum, we want to be here so, we all should if possible help pay for its existence. same with this!
yeah you can easily get up to 60gb free hosting with 100gb free traffic to run a non comercial site/forum, and yeah youtube is free to use as a media delivery system but thats about as far as free will get you. it does take some money to set up something like this!
if you want to eat then you have to pay to eat, if you want heat then you gotta pay for it to and the same goes for nearly everything in life, so if the people want a free media service, for the people and by the people, then the good old people are just gonna have to pay for it, i mean who else would you expect to fund it? or how else could such a thing be funded?
bring and buy sales? sponsered walks? prize bingo? maybe send Melinda Messanger around some small companies with here begging tits out?
i dont know how it should be funded but it cant be done for free! it wont get advertisers or sponsership interest unless it becomes an up and running reality!
BUT. before i part with a single penny more, i would be wanting a shit load more info from Sonia or anyone else making such a proposal.
I would want to know .....
exactly who is involved. everyone!,
How it is to be set up (as a non profit company,charity etc)
I would want to see properly done business plans and strategies made public before any such building of a station,
I would want to know exactly what type of content is to be shown/covered (TPV is full or airy fairy shit, presented by people whom you would normally find sitting on some seaside peir, in a tent with a crystal fucking ball. and i aint forking out for more of that bollocks)
i would want to be guarenteed that all persons working for the orginaizaton are vetted and made pass an advanced disclosure check.
I would want know that it would be fronted by good credible people (not lunatics and people who look like scarecrows)
I think that Sonia is a good lady and she means well, I would certainly trust her to pull no punches with content etc, I cant say whether she is the right sort of person to setup and run such an organization because i don't know enough about the lady or her business skills, i do though, think that running fundraising atm is a little premature, 7 weeks is nowhere near enough time to have a solid plan under this, i would like to see more of a plan in place before i empty my pockets.
at the end off the day it will still need cash to become a reality no matter who sets it up and runs it and noone is gonna pay for it for us so i guess its just down to who you would trust to be at the helm of a peoples free media service really!
regards