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Posted by The Natural Philosopher on 09/22/07 11:03
Sanders Kaufman wrote:
> "Steve" <j80k-vpfc@dea.spamcon.org> wrote in message
> news:memo.20070922111221.5836D@rook.127.0.0.1...
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>> Basically we're agreeing ;-)
>> In short we are both saying..
>> Got income ? = Get hosting.
>>
>> There is nothing even remotely business orientated on my sites. I'm an
>> electronics engineer. This really is, 'just for kicks' :-)
>>
>> ergo: no income = DIY
>
> Not to just be disagreeable - but that's not what I'm saying.
> I'm saying that if you really want to take the hobby seriously, you gotta
> have pro hosting.
>
> A home server is fine for learning on, but a pro server is where you put
> that learning into practice.
> It's the difference between riding one of those arcade skiing machines, and
> actually skiing.
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Where does pro hosting start?
I've RUN a pro host. Its essentially no different from what I have at home.
Sure eventually we RAIDED it and put dual ISP feeds on it..
But it was earning us over $20,000 a year on just a 256K feed..
Today I can get that over my phone line EASILY.
In real terms the likelihood of phone or power outage is low: here
anyway. In fact over the last year my ISP has been down more often than
my computers have. That means I am no worse off.
For many many sites with high content into a niche market, where traffic
is pretty low, home hosting wins hands down, especially if there is a
lot of site development going on.
OK if one day the traffic gets burdensome and the customer is paying
megabucks, move the machine to someone else's machine room.
You have to balance all the issues There is no one best solution.
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