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White_Wolf · 01-20-2008, 05:47 AM

Thank you for the reply CrazyD.
By "third party host" I meant relying on a company to host me; as opposed to hosting myself.

In order to host myself I'd have to have a static IP address, an ISP that allows VPN's, and hope no more than 10 people at a time view my site. That is too slow and I need higher bandwidth. A T1 line, which is like over a $1000 a month is out of the question.

I guess the only way I can ever be my own host is to setup a series of servers, subscribe to a T3 provider, begin advertising myself as a web hoster, and hope I can get enough customers to bite in time to pay the $7000 a month T3 service charges.

Takes money to make money LOL.

So, self hosting isn't an option at all. I know that now.

I've decided to go with a Virtual Dedicated Server from RisingNet.
The reason for that is because I run FlashChat from within my forum, and have a ChatBot in the room. This type of IRC activity is forbidden on most shared server hosts.

I've never used an Operation System like Linux, or FreeBSD. I hope I will be able to figure out how to work this stuff from my WinXP Desktop.

01-20-2008, 05:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
White_Wolf Junior Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 91	Re: My host's system died, need new host, many questions. Thank you for the reply CrazyD. By "third party host" I meant relying on a company to host me; as opposed to hosting myself. In order to host myself I'd have to have a static IP address, an ISP that allows VPN's, and hope no more than 10 people at a time view my site. That is too slow and I need higher bandwidth. A T1 line, which is like over a $1000 a month is out of the question. I guess the only way I can ever be my own host is to setup a series of servers, subscribe to a T3 provider, begin advertising myself as a web hoster, and hope I can get enough customers to bite in time to pay the $7000 a month T3 service charges. Takes money to make money LOL. So, self hosting isn't an option at all. I know that now. I've decided to go with a Virtual Dedicated Server from RisingNet. The reason for that is because I run FlashChat from within my forum, and have a ChatBot in the room. This type of IRC activity is forbidden on most shared server hosts. I've never used an Operation System like Linux, or FreeBSD. I hope I will be able to figure out how to work this stuff from my WinXP Desktop. __________________ HP Pavilion 7920 901MHz Intel processor, 256MB SDRAM, 30GB & 250GB IDE Hard Drives (NTFS) Audio= Intel 82801AA AC\'97 Audio Controller Video= Intel 82810 Graphics Controller OS= WinXP Pro / SP3 (32 bit)