--- Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >
Ursula wrote:
>
> > If they do want to dictate these terms,
> > they can have their own dedicated server at 100x
> the
> > cost per month.
>
> Do you really only charge $1.00 per month for
> hosting? A bit of careful
> searching and you, too, can resell dedicated servers
> for as low as
> $100/month, and you'd be surprised, plenty of people
> with shared hosting
> are interested at this price; you could set up a
> whole new business
> model.
>
> Jeff
If I was in the US that may be the case, but in the
rest of the world services are a whole lot more
expensive to run. Paying 8c US per meg is the norm
around here, before you even think about connection
costs (once again, very cost prohibitive) and
equipment costs (which are about the same)