On an unrelated note, I'm curious to know which company this is that hires you out? I'm guessing SAIC is the current client and not the parent company (or am I looking at the wrong LinkedIn profile!)
Regardless of that, it still makes no sense to time-constrict a websites uptime. It's not as if websites run on manual labour! (well, it takes some to create one)
Looks like the perfect solution to backup all my photos. Considering 100 GB of photos, that's still just 100 * 0.01 * 12 = $12 a year! I'm sold on this!