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I would, however, be really careful about offering a service like that, for
the kind of money you're talking about.  It could easily get out of hand and
you may end up getting frustrated and giving up, and people getting angry,
etc., etc.

Basically, I guess I am saying, tackle the project with the same respect you
would if you had people paying $30/month or more.  And question what your
motives are, if you REALLY want to jump into the web hosting business, where
its hard to make money at 'going rates'.  There isn't a budget with that
kind of money to bring in a consultant to automate the project, or get the
kind of hardware that you may very well need to run such an operation.  I
would just warn you that you may be opening a can of worms you may not want
to open.  I wouldn't probably host web sites for any less than about $100 a
month--if I'm going to do it, I want to make enough money to spend the time
to do it right.  I guess I would say that it 'costs' no less than $40-$50 a
month per site to maintain a server.  Again, I don't want to discourage you
from what you are doing--sounds cool--I just want you to be aware of some
experiences that I have had.

Incidently, the Coablt gear certainly cuts down on a lot of the
administration time, but as the applications get larger I see the value
added by the Cobalt equipment diminishing.  So if you aren't planning to use
the GUI (or its not going to work for what you want to do), you may consider
going with some 'heavier iron' which may end up saving you money, and taking
that savings to create your own interface.

-k
-k