I was unable to do this kind of thing via my ISP, so I registered a new .com for EUR 40 and got a linux hosting deal to attach a server to it at EUR 9.75 per month (a bit more than $10) which also means I get 24 hour support although much less than whole machine to play with. Later, I started some import/wholesale business on the side of my computing work to retro-justify these costs.