The station server at https://p2p.radio/ is back online. Major difference is no longer running on a virtual server from a hosting provider. In the first iteration the server had montly costs and a limitation on bandwidth that could be used. On this second iteration the server is running from an Android phone connected to a normal home internet connection. This reduces drastically the costs since now everyone can host their own volunteer stations to keep the network going. There is a cost with domain name, but even that we are working to solve in the future. For now it feels good to self-host even the station servers.

Aviso à navegação: The geogram station located at https://p2p.radio is currently offline because the server was blocked by the hosting provider. It went above permitted monthly bandwidth quota so only next month can resume connectivity to other peers. My apologies for the inconvenience. What this proves is that maintaining servers from hosting providers is not really a good practice for long term self-reliance. They are limited in bandwidth and end up costing quite a bit every month. At the same time: peers shouldn't rely on the existence of stations to find each other across the Internet. I've thought (naturally) about using well-known NOSTR relays but this is just the same issue in the end: dependency to a server, somewhere. Somehow, there must be a way for peers to connect with each other on the internet without known servers in the middle. Naturally.