blackriders
join:2005-01-16
Bronx, NY | High speed
Does this mean we'll finally be able to compete with South Korea and Japan.
I would love to have 50/50 or 100/100 for what i'm paying with cablevision right now. 30/5 So I can't really complain |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| 100/20 would be awesome. Wouldn't need to host servers in a datacenter; could do all that stuff at home, albeit with more risk of power failure etc. I suppose. Then again, no colo costs  |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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| said by iansltx  :100/20 would be awesome. Wouldn't need to host servers in a datacenter; could do all that stuff at home, albeit with more risk of power failure etc. I suppose. Then again, no colo costs Most residential ISPs forbid servers.
OOL allows it with boost but they also restrict its use. For example, you cannot host forums on an OOL boost connection. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO | No forums? That's rather odd...
As to the hosting ban, just get biz-class service. On FiOS it's 90 more for 50/20 but that includes a static IP. Price per megabit? Cheap, especially for downloads. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | Yeah, popular forums are typically bandwidth hogs. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| And popular forums require decent hardware, which is easier to run out of your house than in a datacenter, cost-wise. OTOH the forum I run only has maybe ten people online at most, gets a few posts per day, and might use 5GB of bandwidth per month, if that. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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·Vonage
| Actually you can do it on a regular hosting plan which isn't that expensive, or virtual machines.
In fact you can use Amazon EC2 and do it pay as you go if you're concerned about cost.
That's how woot.com scale infinitely for minimal cost.
It's always better to host a website outside of your home unless it's a small website you don't really care about. They have multiple paths to the internet, power, cooling, redundancy and 24x7 support.
Most server cages also have >1GBps connectivity to the internet. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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·Qwest.net
·magicjack.com
·BeeCreek Communica..
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| Most low-end servers only have a 10 Mbps port...still...100 Mbps is very average, particularly for web hosts. As to regular hosting and virtual private servers, I have both. The forum in question actually is on ZetaBoards, a free ad-supported (I have ad removal so I can put my own ads on there) service just for forums.
As to Woot, last I checked their servers aren't all via Amazon, though image serving was. May have changed since then though.
But for some people, having an unfettered broadband connection, and incredibly easy access to their server, if worth the heat, noise, etc. of hosting it in-house. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ | Most servers come with gige ports standard now or at least the servers I've bought over the last year or so.
And yes woot is all on EC2. The images are on s3. They use Rightscale as well. |
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