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Morbid I know, but for sure something that the first internet generation and their hosting providers should be considering.

Web Hosting After Death
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Keep your login credentials up-to-date

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1st and foremost would be to make sure that you keep all your critical login credentials up-to-date and safe so that in the event of your passing, the people left behind will be able to easily access those critical accounts. Think of your registration & hosting in the same light as you do your bank... [show more]

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Letter of attorney for 'hosting'

Is this the way forward?

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I'm Dead not my problem anymore.

Yes its sad but in most cases the problem is no longer the problem of the deceased. Its not the problem of the ISP or the next of kin. maybe they used the above answers.

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Opportunity knocks

For starters, should hosting providers continue to host a dead customer's site for as long as they have been with them?

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Hosting Insurance

Should a hosting company offer hosting insurance?

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The Way back Machine

Should we chance it to the internet archive? (NB: it has it's limitations)

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Consolidate your domain assets

A portfolio could be consolidated on death and the surplus assets used to fund on-going hosting.

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janiel-staff Modwest Team: 349 points   8 months ago

This topic has peaked my interest as I have had to assist people (as recently as today) who have wished to continue the 'legacy'" of a departed associate or loved one.

In each case that I have dealt with it was not the person who had passed that wished to continue their websites, but someone else who was close to them and wanted to keep that site up as either a memorial or continuation of the person, their life and or work.

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